Total Survey Design
Total Survey Design is a podcast for explaining the complexities of survey design. This podcast serves a diverse audience, including small business owners, nonprofits, industry professionals, academics, and students. Each season features 10 to 20 concise episodes, each lasting 5 to 20 minutes, covering topics from survey utility to sample sizes, and question design to total survey error. Episode content includes insightful discussions, expert interviews, and special event coverage to enhance your survey skills and understanding.
Podcasting since 2024 • 17 episodes
Total Survey Design
Latest Episodes
Essential Considerations When Creating a Survey
In this episode, we explore essential considerations for crafting effective surveys. We begin by emphasizing the importance of defining the purpose of your survey, which serves as a guide through each step of its creation. We discuss how ...
September 09, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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12:14
The Target Population
In this episode, we discuss the target population. We emphasize the importance of a well-defined target population, in context of the goal of your survey, and in relation to your sampling frame. We offer examples of target populations of variou...
September 02, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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7:53
An Interview with James McCall, Survey Methodologist
In this episode, we interview James McCall, a survey methodologist at Westat. James shares what first drew him to surveys, and what drove him into a career of surveys. We talk about his role as a survey methodologist in industry. We discuss cog...
August 26, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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28:05
Design Elements - Progress Bars, Back Buttons, Forced Responses, and More!
In this episode, we explore the key design elements of effective surveys, emphasizing the importance of user-friendly experiences and reliable data collection. But first, in our free talk segment we discuss the compensation structure of the You...
August 19, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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27:09
A Conversation About the Trust and Distrust of Surveys
In this episode, we introduce a new free talk segment, where we discuss and celebrate Seon Yup's new job as chief survey methodologist at Kansas State University. We then explore why many people distrust surveys and some things we can do to reg...
August 12, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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21:59
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