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Books to teach people about research
Posted on 29 July 2020
This is a summary of responses to a recent request on the egroup for good qual books - aimed at teaching clients and junior researchers (and 'reminding' the more experienced...
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Separating pages in a PDF
Posted on 18 July 2020
A recent email thread asked the group whether anyone knew of a tool that would help separate out pages in a PDF into individual (for easy uploading as stimulus). Suggestions...
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Managing online incentive payments
Posted on 18 June 2020
Following a recent egroup thread, Lisa Steadman has summarised the ways in which members are managing incentive payments for online projects... PayPal - Important to ensure that you collect respondents'...
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Workshops & Co-creation tools
Posted on 20 May 2020
ICG member Sharon Powell recently alerted us to the the 'Gamestorming' website. This site contains a host of ideas, tools, techniques and advice that can be used by facilitators to...
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Prize Draw T&Cs
Posted on 6 March 2020
As researchers, we sometimes find ourselves offering a prize draw as an incentive for respondents taking part in a survey. There are very specific conditions around how a prize draw...
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Vox pops – hints and tips for respondents
Posted on 15 January 2020
Asking respondents to create a vox pop of themselves on their phones is a great idea - but often the results can be disappointing with underexposed, a dark films, shaky...
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Incentive payments – alternatives to cash!
Posted on 28 November 2019
There are various cost effective (and secure) alternative payment solutions for incentives. Amazon: Incentives can be as low as £1 (good for tasks in a long term community) and you...
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Stats testers – useful sources
Posted on 12 November 2019
Useful online/ app stats testing programmes... Maritz website: https://dev.maritzcx.com/maritz-stats/ttest/ Bonamy Finch SigTester app - free to download (Andoid and Apple)Online stats tester: http://www.surveystar.com/ztest.htmSearch for sscalcOnline sample size calculator: http://www.raosoft.com/samplesize.html
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Quantitative platforms at a reasonable price
Posted on 11 November 2019
A recent e-group enquiry asked for recommendations of platforms for small/ cheap quantitative surveys... accepting their limitations, these are good for quick or occasional surveys. Recommendations included Typeform: Visually appealing,...
Business Knowledge, Practical Tips
Brexit Preparations
Posted on 10 September 2019
With all the uncertainty about Brexit, it is important to keep up to date with the implications of a deal, or no deal, for your business. Whilst it is impossible...
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How to refocus after a break
Posted on 4 September 2019
Lucy Eckley of Build Your Brand Story outlines some really useful tips for getting our work momentum back after summer. Read full article here. https://buildyourbrandstory.com/refocus-after-break/
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How accurate are ‘likely to purchase’ scores?
Posted on 1 August 2019
We all know that people over claim in research - but by how much? There are several 'accepted' approaches to this, recently shared on the ICG's e-group. One empirically based...