10 Essential Survey & Experimental Design Rules Research is 90% planning and 10% execution. The old saying “measure twice, cut once” applies to research as well – you’ll want to make sure your survey is designed as correctly as possible to maximize your results. Here are 10 rules to help you design a survey like...Read More

Overview Anyone who has had to run an analysis has probably wrestled with the sticky question of what to do with outliers — sticky because there don’t seem to be any real guidelines for if or how they should be trimmed from a dataset. The short answer to the question of whether you should remove...Read More

The new deadly sins When researchers have wiggle room that allows them to snoop or fish around with their methods and data, their results don’t hold water. This extra flexibility allows folks to fish around until they find the methods/data analysis that gives the desired results. For example, researchers may make outcome-friendly decisions with questions...Read More