Quantitative methods (i.e., statistics) are used often to answer important social questions. Sociologists, economists, political scientists, and other social researchers rely on large data sets built ...

This material was gathered in the fourth “Future of the Internet” survey conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center.

Collectively, recreational fisheries can take a significant fraction of the yearly catch—in some cases more than commercial fisheries. It is important that systems used to monitor fishing catch are ...

Survey sampling and estimation methods form the cornerstone of modern statistical inference, underpinning research across the social, medical, and natural sciences. At their heart, these methods ...

AAPOR. 2003. “Interviewer Falsification in Survey Research: Current Best Methods for Prevention, Detection and Repair of Its Effects.” Benford, Frank. 1938. “The Law of Anomalous Numbers.” Proceedings ...

Survey research is an important tool for capturing public opinion. Social scientists, market researchers, policymakers and more rely on surveys to capture the big picture of the public's perception.

The 8th ESRA (European Survey Research Association) Conference was held in Croatia in July 2019, which staged 220 sessions on survey research. Among them, this article focuses on the latest cases of ...

“The exploration of consumer uncertainty suggests that trademark litigation matters and surveys should perhaps ask a different question beyond simply what consumers believe.” Disclosure: Steckel is a ...

Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 85: Proceedings of the 15th International Coastal Symposium, Haeundae, Busan, 13-18 May 2018 (2018), pp. 1461-1465 (5 pages) This study analyzes the ...

Have you wondered what amphibians are living in and around your local pond or other waterbodies? You might be surprised by the frogs, toads and newts that you can find. If you'd like to learn how to ...

A study by researchers using a seldom-used methodology turned up many more Eastern spadefoots, an endangered primitive frog, than they expected. The rarest frog in Rhode Island may not be as rare as ...