This week I am providing some web survey features that act as dividing lines between survey programs and pricing levels. Piping is simply taking information you know about the respondent, either provided within the survey or obtained at a prior date, and using that data to customize survey questions or responses. Preloading data into the […]
Web Survey Design: Not all skip logic is created equal
If you have a simple survey, you can program it using almost any web survey design program. But as the survey increases in complexity, you lose some of your options. Figuring out which survey programs match your needs is not always easy. Every program has a list of things it can do, but unsurprisingly, the […]
Cartoon Week: All Outputs
Cartoon Week: Social Media Savviness Indicator
Cartoon Week: The Original Logic Model
Cartoon Week: External Evaluation
Felt like cartooning the other day and completed a few. Let cartoon week begin!
Friday Diversion: The child-driven education
I was home alone last night, my wife and daughter are off visiting family. To pass the time I ended up watching a string of TED talks. All were solid, but this one by Sugata Mitra was my favorite. Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education — the best teachers […]
Undervalued experience
From the ages of 16 to 23 I was firmly entrenched in the service industry. I’ve worked the Roy Rogers fast food drive-thru, called out blue light specials at Kmart, and served tables at Fridays. But you won’t find any of those jobs on my resume. This isn’t because I don’t value the jobs, I […]
Web is not all about saving money
In the past couple of years my wife and I have been slowly greening our lives. We traded in one of our cars and bought a scooter for my daily commute. We also joined a CSA and frequent the nearby farmers’ market to try and keep our food local. One of these decisions saves […]
Presentation Idea: You Just Don’t Get It, Do You?
Ok, so next time you are giving a presentation that is too boring, lengthy, or complex just turn to the audience and say, “You Just Don’t Get It, Do You?” Then make your point. Easy as pie*. It works for screenwriters (see below), why not academics? I mean, what’s the alternative, trying to figure out […]
Friday Diversion: Shanty Town Cinderellas
The web provides a showcase for short documentaries, which is great for all of us. Shanty Town Cinderellas is a nice one, did you take your prom for granted? Here is the vimeo description: For young people in the run-down suburbs of Cape Town, the graduation ball is a real dance of freedom, proof that […]
Poop
I had trouble coming up with the brainpower necessary to write a nice data viz post this morning. So instead, I watched this video from the infographic-friendly Gates foundation and thought I would share. An example of how to approach a taboo subject with an animated web video.