Adblock? Never heard of it!

Here’s what I saw on the first screen of a survey Food and Wine magazine wanted me to take:

(I entered my actual age for the question; I changed it to 99 for the screengrab.)
There’s no “continue” button here. I was initially hopeful that it was one of those speedy flash-based things that would zip me [...]

R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

I feel like Seth Godin here, talking about permission-based marketing. (Which is worth learning about, if you’re unfamiliar.)
Everything we do, as researchers, is dependent on the goodwill granted us by our respondents. If we abuse that goodwill — if we contact them too often, if we keep them on the phone/online too long, if we [...]

Redundancy is Stupid.

This is such a minor thing, in the grand scheme of everything, but I might as well start somewhere.
The Harris Poll web panel studies are actually generally pretty well done, but they’re by no means immune to bad practices. Recently, I’ve noticed they tend to ask your country of residence … followed by your state [...]