Tag Archives: fieldwork

How to ask gender, age, employment, and income questions on self-completion surveys

Demographic questions should be fairly easy to ask as everyone knows the right answer for themselves. But it’s not always so simple. Here are a few tips for asking those ‘simple’ questions that will help you elicit the most valid […]

Top 5 tips for writing a questionnaire people will want to answer

By Sasha Haig Everyone who writes questionnaires wants to be rewarded with high response rates and high completion rates. This is not always easy, particularly when a questionnaire is long or about a topic that many people would find boring. […]

When Smell-O-Vision lets you down, a sensory test will cheer you up!

By wearing some hefty goggles, you can experience any imaginable type of inhospitable or impractical environment, from flying through space to swimming with sharks and running around an ant hill. Right now, gaming and entertainment dominate virtual reality (VR) and […]

Stories from the Research Field Director: It’s raining turkey jokes!

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What do Zara, Emma Stone, and Mall Intercepts Have In Common?

As soon as Emma Stone walked down the Academy Awards red carpet in a fabulous bronze Givenchy dress, everyone knew that knock-offs would be offered for sale in mere hours. Thousands of screencaps from TVs and digital devices made it […]

Hello Marketing Research World!

With nearly 40 years of expertise in the Canadian market research space, we’ve collected together a lot of stories. Funny stories, heartwarming stories, and downright strange and outrageous stories. We’ve also learned a lot. Not only have we learned a […]