by david allan van nostrand | Apr 20, 2020 | Gatekeepers, Leadership, Surveys
I was once asked to oversee data collection for a survey sponsored by one of the world’s largest and most well-respected Non-Governmental Organizations. The data collected would be used by the C-suite to develop goals and objectives and allocate time, people, and...
by david allan van nostrand | Sep 16, 2019 | Items in the News, Surveys
NOTE: “dick pics” is the colloquial term used in scientific papers, online publications, and Europe, where news outlets take casual coarseness in stride. The first academic study on dick pics has been published. Its objective was “to explore men’s...
by david allan van nostrand | Aug 5, 2019 | Customer Satisfaction, Items in the News, Surveys, Using Information
Use it and the food you order costs more, takes longer to arrive, isn’t what you asked for, shows up cold and messy, and you have to go outside and get it no matter the distance or the weather? Probably none, when I put it that way, but the real answer is millions. No...
by david allan van nostrand | Jun 24, 2019 | Items in the News, Research, Surveys, Voodoo Statistics
Readers have asked me to demonstrate how I go about reading a study. We don’t use privately-funded studies as examples, so I’ve been waiting for something interesting to show up in the public domain where we all have free access to the information. A little...
by david allan van nostrand | Jun 3, 2019 | Customer Satisfaction, Satisfaction, Surveys
The senior officer wanted to talk about his Customer Satisfaction data. He had been reading reports and got to wondering how much he could count on the purported accuracy of the information he was getting. He wanted to be able to dig deeply into the data, but before...
by david allan van nostrand | May 27, 2019 | Surveys
It was early evening at the garden party celebrating the couple’s magnificent new backyard deck. Built into the gentle slope of the land were walkways, conversation areas, and bridges spanning koi ponds, all made from materials of the highest quality. Gentle breezes...
