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Religious freedom in Australia - Part III of III

Posted on Friday 16th August 2019 at 7:30pm

Robust national survey data paints a revealing picture of the people behind the current push to legislate “religious freedoms”, and the politicians who are helping them. But electorate winds have recently changed.

Religious freedom in Australia - Part II of III

Posted on Friday 16th August 2019 at 7:15pm

Robust national survey data paints a revealing picture of the people behind the current push to legislate “religious freedoms”, and the politicians who are helping them. But electorate winds have recently changed.

Religious freedom in Australia - Part I of III

Posted on Friday 16th August 2019 at 7:00pm

Robust national survey data paints a revealing picture of the people behind the current push to legislate “religious freedoms”, and the politicians who are helping them. But electorate winds have recently changed.

Start-ups need research too

Posted on Tuesday 12th February 2019 at 4:00pm

Entrepreneurial start-ups consider market research less than do corporates and medium enterprises. We discuss why, and what value economical research can bring to a new venture.

Survey respondent incentives - the lowdown

Posted on Wednesday 16th January 2019 at 10:00pm

Sometime it's necessary to offer potential respondents an incentive to participate in a survey. There's ample opportunity to unnecessarily increase research costs and decrease response rates if you don't know what you're doing.

Better at law and order in Victoria - Coalition or Labor?

Posted on Tuesday 20th November 2018 at 3:00pm

The final report of ResearchSquirrel's major study into law and order in Victoria was released today. Coalition and Labor performance was compared, with one side coming out in front.

A prompt about 'unprompted' survey results

Posted on Saturday 21st July 2018 at 10:40pm

Some researchers, even experienced ones, refer to some forms of survey results as “unprompted”. We argue not only that there’s no such thing, but that thinking “unprompted” is a dangerous and biased pastime.

Secondary data answers marriage equality question

Posted on Sunday 29th October 2017 at 10:30pm

The Australian Government is conducting a $120m+ ‘polling’ exercise to determine if there is majority electorate support for marriage equality. But we already know the correct answer, and it’s a resounding Yes.

The danger of generic questionnaire templates

Posted on Tuesday 12th July 2016 at 1:00am

Using a free generic questionnaire template for your survey is likely to yield very limited or possibly even misleading insights.

Free questionnaire template critiqued

Posted on Monday 13th June 2016 at 7:00pm

We critique a typical "expert-certified" free questionnaire template. The results are not pretty and your research will suffer if you use them.