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INNOVATION IN RESEARCH. By JON PULESTON VP Innovation GMI Interactive. WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT ABOUT CONDUCTING ONLINE RESEARCH?. WHAT SHOULD YOU BE WORRYING ABOUT WHEN CONDUCTING ONLINE RESEARCH?. A MINDFIELD OF ISSUES. Speeding. The impact of question styles. Age balance of sample.
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INNOVATION IN RESEARCH By JON PULESTON VP Innovation GMI Interactive
WHAT SHOULD YOU BE WORRYING ABOUT WHEN CONDUCTING ONLINE RESEARCH?
A MINDFIELD OF ISSUES Speeding The impact of question styles Age balance of sample Translation issues Survey design effects Cultural differences Gender variance Intra Country differences Intra panel differences Panel quality issues Untruthfulness
AN INTERNATIONAL STUDY HOW? 2 waves across 15 countries 12,000+ responses Mixed panel sources Age & Gender quotas 22 mini-research experiments Split samples with varied question design styles Speed measurements of every question Respondent level analysis of data variance Unique lie detection process EXAMINED THE IMPACT OF: GENDER AGE PANEL SOURCE SPEEDERS LIARS COUNTRY QUESTION STYLE
DATA VARIANCE BETWEEN MEN & WOMEN… Benchmark Data variance of 5.9%* v *Average level of data variance for likert range questions
AVERAGE LEVEL OF VARIANCE BY FACTOR *Average level of data variance for likert range questions
Japanese Camel Indian Camel
CROSS CULTURAL FACTORS ARE THE MAIN UNDERLYING CAUSE OF DATA VARIANCE
LYING LYING UNTRUTHFULNESS OVER REPORTING
SPEEDING IS THE NO.1 CAUSE OF DATA VARIANCE AT THE END OF A SURVEY
RESPONDENTS DON’T THINK MUCH Dimensions of Data Quality, Eggers & Puleston: ESOMAR Congress 2012
WHEN WE ARE BORED WE TEND TO ANSWER LIKE THIS IN THE UK = slightly agree = slightly like = slightly appealing Source: GMI Example of aggregate date from set of 650 range questions
THIS LEADS TO BADLY DIFFERENTIATED DATA How much do you like watching these sports on TV? Source: GMI Anecdotal example
COMPARE THIS TO BEHAVIOURAL REALITY FOOTBALL OTHER SPORTS
HOW TO TACKLE THIS?PEOPLE INITIALLY STARTED PLAYING AROUND WITH USING WIDER RANGES
7 point scale Source: GMI Source: GMI Anecdotal example
9 point scale Dislike alot Like a lot Source: GMI Source: GMI Anecdotal example
AND DID NOT REDUCE THE LEVEL OF PATERN ANSWERING Source: Dimensions of data quality Puleston & Eggers ESOMAR 2012
WHAT YOU NEED TO FIND A WAY TO GET THEM TO STOP & ACTUALLY THINK!
BY EMOTIONALISING THE PROCESS WE FOUND YOU COULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO THINK MORE AND THIS IN TERN IMPROVES THE DATA
FLATTEN THE HUMPS AND REDUCE PATTERN ANSWERING Patter answers Source: Dimensions of Data Quality Puleston & Eggers ESOMAR 2012 research extract
WE ALSO DISCOVERED THAT THE ERGONOMICS OF QUESTION DESIGN COULD IMPROVE FEEDBACK TOO… +30% consideration time
FLATTER HUMPS & MORE CROSS CONSISTENT DATA Source: Can gaming techniques cross cultures? Puleston & Rintoul ESOMAR 2012
QUESTIFICATION We then started to realise the impact of how you worded questions & pitched questionnaires could have a big impact
How much do you like watching these sports on TV? Imagine you were in charge of the coverage of Sport on TV…
THESE THINGS LED TO WHOLE RANGE OF BREAKTHROUGHS IN QUESTION DESIGN UNDER THE BANNER OF “GAMIFICATION”
LEADING TO MORE ENTERTAINMENT BASED WAYS OF DESIGNING SURVEYS
BASED AROUND THE CONCEPT OF CHALLENGING RESPONDENTS TO DESIGN THEIR PERFECT SUPERMARKET
RE-ENGINEER THE SEGMENTATION QUESTIONS INTO A SHOPPER PERSONALITY TEST Feedback was given to the respondent to tell them what broad shopper segment they were part of
Respondent Enjoyment score Original version = 7.3 Gamified version = 8.5 Bottom 5% Top 5%
Dropout comparisons Reduced dropout by 2/3rds
Data granularity: respondent level standard deviation Showed consistent improvements in data quality