“Good, Fast, Cheap – Pick Two,” I got into a heated discussion with a colleague about this quote. You can Google it and it will return 100’s of pages and images. It appears that there are even businesses that post signs, telling their customers they can only have two. In my humble opinion, any organization […]
Category Archives: Data Capture Services
05
Aug
Aug
Promoting employee surveys is an essential part of data collection for employee surveys because, without a sufficient number of responses, survey results can be deemed flawed. You may have to start the entire survey process again. To avoid this, check out our tips below on how to increase response rates to your employee survey. Prioritize […]
Data Capture Services, Incentive Fulfillment Services, Survey Mailing Services, Survey Research Services
The Most Important Skillsets for In-House Survey Projects
07
Jul
Jul
If you are planning to effectively and efficiently handle a large-scale survey project in-house, knowing the questions you want to ask your target respondents is only the beginning. You also need to have access to a wide range of specialized skillsets. This is because practical considerations are certain to arise throughout the project that will […]
03
Jun
Jun
What SOC 2 Compliance Means for Your Data In today’s business world, data security is critical. According to a report by Accenture in 2019, US companies lost $24.7 Million in 2018 from cybercrime. Accordingly, if you’re an enterprise with more stringent data security standards, you have to look for a SOC 2 compliant vendor. SOC […]
Data Capture Services, Survey Research Services
Difference Between a Balanced and Unbalanced Rating Scales
04
Dec
Dec
Rating Scales are valuable measurement instruments in research. Researchers need to understand the properties of these scales, and their influences on the responses gathered from their use. Generally, balanced scales are being used in research. Findings show that there is a difference in results when a balanced scale is used instead of an unbalanced scale. […]
Data Capture Services, Survey Research Services
Your Paper-based Data Collection Options Just Got Better
15
Apr
Apr
If your mission is to discover answers to objectives, improve performance, or find new ideas and create improvements, then you may need to conduct research and produce statistical analysis to support your mission. In order to do so, you may be faced with the challenge of data capturing from paper surveys and if you don’t […]
09
Oct
Oct
At long last, you’ve made it to the data collection stage of your survey project. It’s time to warm up the automated data collection equipment, make sure everything is programmed correctly and prepare for the results to come in. As with each stage of survey administration, there is some prep work needed to ensure accurate […]
13
Sep
Sep
Long gone are the days when mail survey responses were collected manually and key entered into digital format. Today, the question isn’t whether you should automate, but rather which automated data collection approach you should be using. The most commonly used data capture technologies in the survey industry today are OMR (optical mark recognition) and […]