Survey of Surveys

About the Survey In this survey, we first asked a random sample of university-based scientists about their personal experiences participating in surveys in the past. This was followed by various questions on whether they enjoy doing surveys or they think of them as burdensome. We also asked if they thought surveys were an invasion of […]

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About the Survey

In this survey, we first asked a random sample of university-based scientists about their personal experiences participating in surveys in the past. This was followed by various questions on whether they enjoy doing surveys or they think of them as burdensome. We also asked if they thought surveys were an invasion of privacy and whether surveys are a reliable source of information for the general public.

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Scientist Opinion Panel Survey Report on “Survey of Surveys” Authors | Shaika Islam, Tipeng Chen, Timothy Johnson, Jinghuan Ma, Lesley Michalegko, Eric Welch 1. Introduction This report represents findings from a national survey of US scientists which is designed to better understand the perspectives of the academic community about participation in public opinion surveys. In […]

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This report represents findings from a national survey of US scientists which is designed to better understand the perspectives of the academic community about participation in public opinion surveys. In this survey, we first asked a random sample of university-based scientists about their personal experiences participating in surveys in the past. This was followed by various questions on whether they enjoy doing surveys or they think of them as burdensome. We also asked if they thought surveys were an invasion of privacy and whether surveys are a reliable source of information for the general public.