Surveys

9 Out of 10 Americans Despise Being Asked Survey Questions

Mark C. Miller | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Pollsters, Survey, Surveys, Pollster, Political Satire, Political Humor, Satire, Political Polls, Comedy News

"I mean, asking survey questions is our bread and butter. I always felt folks enjoyed giving their opinions about all sorts of things. But now, to find out that they hate what we do -- well, as you might think, it's depressing."

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Survey Sez: Dream Big When You Take The Kids

Eileen Ogintz | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Surveys, Kids Travel, Destinations, Travel With Children, Travel Surveys, Travel With Kids, Exotic Destinations, Travel News

Sixty percent of travelers said that what matters most when thinking about a dream trip is to have an authentic experience. We want to show the kids the world, traveling to foreign cities. We want to share the excitement of seeing exotic wildlife. We want to cruise and kick back on a beach, enjoying first-class service all the way. It's easier than you think.

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Keeping the Sheep Dogs at Bay

Warren Adler | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Marketing, Consumerism, Advertising, Surveys, Products, Business News

Our individuality is broken down into sub-atoms of attitude and preference. Our uniqueness has been erased by the tsunami of the marketers.

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Does Survey Mode Still Matter?

Brian Schaffner | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Opt-in Internet Polls, Polls, Aapor, Pollster.com, Surveys, Pollster Analysis, Politics News

Over the past several years, pollsters have been working to understand the best approach to conducting survey research in a world where no single tech...

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Designing Customer Surveys That Work

MIT Entrepreneurship Review | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Customer Development, Startups, Small Business, Entrepreneurship, Customers, Surveys, Pricing, Bad Customer Surveys, Small Business America, Business News

Don't ask your customers for their "willingness to pay." Instead, do your homework and ask them about their value drivers. Then tell them what they should pay and why, and you'll be on a happy road to higher profitability.

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Americans Have More Friends, and Not Just on Facebook

Bella DePaulo | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Barry Wellman, Faux Friends, Friends, Sociological Analyses, Close Friends, Economic Disparity, Income, Emotional Sharing, Television, Relatives, Social Connections, Social Networks, Media Panic, Surveys, Robert Putnam, Claude Fischer, Neighbors, Internet Use, Nostalgia, Self-Disclosure, Confidants, Myths, Loneliness, USA Today, Education, Social Ties, Social History, Internet, Social Isolation, New York Times, Facebook Friends, Bowling Alone, Miller McPherson, Healthy Living News

Remember the media panic from the summer of 2006 about lonely and isolated Americans? The publication of a sociological study had unleashed a cascade...

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Is Trust in Government Really at an All Time Low?

Sheri and Allan Rivlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government, Trust, Barack Obama, Surveys, Pew Research Center, Politics News

A recent report from the Pew Research Center shows just 22% trust the government to do what is right. How worried should Democrats be?

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When the "C" in C-Suite Stands for Clueless

Dr. Sasha Galbraith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Male Managers, Women, Surveys, Gender Parity, Women Executives, Business, Diversity, Workplace Diversity, Gender, Business News

In the rarified air of the senior executive ranks, men are under the impression that everything is hunky dory for women in corporate America and that ...

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Marijuana Use By The Numbers

Paul Armentano | Posted 05.25.2011

By age 25, 54 percent of the population has admittedly used marijuana. Does anyone still believe that marijuana prohibition is working -- or that all of these people deserve to be behind bars?

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Economists Say Second Stimulus Not Needed

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Administration, National Association of Business Economists, Surveys, Recession, Second Stimulus, Business News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy does not need a second fiscal stimulus package, instead the government should cut spending over the next two y...

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Apparently, You CAN Fool All of the People All of the Time

Brian Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Polls, Ignorance, American Intelligence, Gop, Stupidity, Fear, Obama Birther, Ann Coulter, President Obama, Ignorance-and-Voting, Franklin Roosevelt, Media, Obama Socialism, America, Barack Obama, Fdr, Politics, Obama Birth Certificate, Polling, H.L. Mencken, Surveys, P.T. Barnum, Fox News, Republicans, Health Care, Obama Socialist, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fcc, Birthers, Mark Lloyd, Birther Movement, Health-Action, Politics News

We are a fear-driven culture. There is a large segment of the population that, no matter how well you document it, will not let a good fact get in the way of their fears about health care reform.

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GOP Fundraising 'Survey' Outrages Some Recipients

The Columbian | Kathie Durbin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Steele, Gop, Healthcare Debate, Healthcare Reform, Voter Registration, Rnc, Surveys, Politics News

Raymond and Louise Denny of La Center were surprised last week to receive a mailing from Michael Steele, chairman of the Republican National Committee...

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Judgement Day -- One Final Request

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Surveys, Armageddon, Aliens, Comedy News

Greetings! This is your official check-out notification. We hope your stay on the world has been pleasant. Now it's over. Finito. No more tom...

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Take The Huffington Post Survey!

Huffington Post/SurveyWriter.net | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Huffington Post Survey, Huffington Post, Surveys, Media News

Welcome... And thank you for taking the time to participate in our survey! We value and appreciate your responses....

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Why 83% of U.S. Government Managers Agree Their Agencies are Ineffective

Ari Herzog | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Government Spending, Federal Webmasters, Primavera Systems, Government 2.0, Management, Barack Obama, Surveys, Politics News

Government inefficiency led to 42% of tax dollars wasted. The report indicates the waste is equivalent to the total of personal income payments of every taxpayer in the 11-state Northeast!

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This Just In! New Survey Finds Surveys Superfluous!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charles Schwab, Surveys, Recovery, Bogus Analysts, Recession, Pundits, Financial Advisors, Business News

According to my personal survey, conducted with the inside of my brain pan six seconds ago, 97.2 percent of non-stupid people have stopped listening to anybody's advice.

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Doctors Skeptical After Viewing Obama's Speech to Congress and Remain Pessimistic About the Future

Stu Kreisman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Medicine, Health Care, Surveys, Obama Speech to Congress, President Obama, Politics News

A new national study among 526 primary care physicians revealed that the majority (61%) reported that health care will "get worse" in the next four years, after viewing Obama's speech to Congress.

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Peaceful Revolution: What Gen Y Really Wants -- And Why We Should Care

Astri von Arbin Ahlander and Yelizavetta Kofman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Youth, Gen Y, Jobs, Vacations, Millennial Generation, Engineering, New York City, New York, Interviews, Gen Y Work, Corporate America, Corporations, Surveys, Millennials, Careers, Dance, Corporate Culture, Work Ethic, Business News

If companies want to find loyal, dedicated employees from the Gen Y-Fi crop, it is in their best interest to insist that the government prioritize national health care and social security.

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Military Times Damages Credibility with Obama "Survey"

Brandon Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Military Times, Surveys, Barack Obama, Military, Obama Military, Media News

The Military Times has sacrificed journalistic integrity in order to portray itself as the final word -- as the authority -- on the views of America's troops.

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Obama Has Spent More On Polling Than Clinton

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Primary, Consultants, Polling, Surveys, Mark Penn, Center for Responsive Politics, Hillary Clinton, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Politics News

At a recent campaign stop in Denver, Sen. Barack Obama portrayed his primary opponent Sen. Hillary Clinton as a hyper-cautious poll-driven candidate -...

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