The thing it turns out lots of us want

How to Run Surveys: A Guide to Creating Your Own Identifying Variation and Revealing the Invisible

Surveys are an essential approach for eliciting otherwise invisible factors such as perceptions, knowledge and beliefs, attitudes, and reasoning. These factors are critical determinants of social, economic, and political outcomes. Surveys are not merely a research tool. They are also not only a way of collecting data. Instead, they involve creating the process that will generate the data. This allows the researcher to create their own identifying and controlled variation. Thanks to the rise of mobile technologies and platforms, surveys offer valuable opportunities either to study broadly representative samples or to focus on specific groups. This article offers guidance on the complete survey process, from the design of the questions and experiments to the recruitment of respondents and the collection of data to the analysis of survey responses. It covers issues related to the sampling process, selection and attrition, attention and carelessness, survey question design and measurement, response biases, and survey experiments.

Why I Slack

Earlier this year, I ran a survey to get ideas about how leaders could mobilize. 1311 of you filled out the survey which mean I’m certain the results are full o

Datamethods Discussion Forum

This is a place for discussions and Q&A about data-related issues and quantitative methods including study design, data analysis, and interpretation.

'Ask for what you want' is a key skill for the 21st century

Takes practice, and a bit of audacity.

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2023

In May 2023 over 90,000 developers responded to our annual survey about how they learn and level up, which tools they're using, and which ones they want.

CSU AI Survey Report | CSU

Generative AI Meets Open-Ended Survey Responses: Research Participant Use of AI and Homogenization

The growing popularity of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools presents new challenges for data quality in online surveys and experiments. This study examines participants’ use of large language models to answer open-ended survey questions and describes empirical tendencies in human versus large language model (LLM)-generated text responses. In an original survey of research participants recruited from a popular online platform for sourcing social science research subjects, 34 percent reported using LLMs to help them answer open-ended survey questions. Simulations comparing human-written responses from three pre-ChatGPT studies with LLM-generated text reveal that LLM responses are more homogeneous and positive, particularly when they describe social groups in sensitive questions. These homogenization patterns may mask important underlying social variation in attitudes and beliefs among human subjects, raising concerns about data validity. Our findings shed light on the scope and potential consequences of participants’ LLM use in online research.

The Interview Question Bank for Engineering Managers

Organised by theme, and every question comes with a short thinking prompt

Why won't you answer my question?

I've spent more time than I would like to admit on various Q&A sites and forums related to development, where I have answered thousands of questions. Generally, the questions stay within the confines of such forums, however after waking up to my personal inbox being flooded with a

userinput.app

Collect feedback: post ideas, vote on what matters, and watch them go from planned to shipped.

When2meet

When2meet helps you find the best time for a group to get together. It is a free survey tool that is quick and easy to use.

standard-recs

We'll ask permission to read your likes from the last 30 days and match you with long-form writing published on Standard.site. Your recommendations page will be public.

substandard-recs

We'll ask permission to read your likes from the last 30 days and match you with long-form writing published on Standard.site. Your recommendations page will be public.

Building what customers need, not just what they ask for - Linear

Notes from our product team on building the tools we use every day.

Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2026

More than 30K technologists from 169 countries have shared their thoughts with us, and now it’s time to share everything we’ve learned with you. So let’s dive into this year’s Annual Developer Survey.