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A resource for learning how to design effective Social Research surveys.

Victorian public health and wellbeing outcomes dashboard

January 19th, 2024|

The Victorian Government has launched their Victorian public health and wellbeing outcomes dashboard.

https://www.health.vic.gov.au/victorian-public-health-and-wellbeing-outcomes-dashboard
This is an interactive dashboard providing access to a range of tracking data about the health and wellbeing of the Victorian community, with an option to filter the data down to LGA level information. Its a very useful tool for updating health […]

2021 Census

June 29th, 2022|

It was 2021 Census release day yesterday! To access a community profile for your LGA, go to this URL and type in your Council name in the search box, then scroll down to click on the ‘Community Profile’ button.

https://www.abs.gov.au/census/find-census-data/search-by-area

ASDF Research can help your Council update your Health and Wellbeing Profile document with the […]

Understanding sample size

March 23rd, 2022|

When undertaking research one usually aims to reach a particular sample size (n=#). This post will explain why, and a few key things to consider.
Note that this is only really relevant for quantitative research (e.g. surveys) where you aim to report the percentage of people who have an opinion or engage in a behaviour. […]

What is going on with VPHS?

October 1st, 2021|

The Victorian Population Health Survey (VPHS) is an annual survey run by VicHealth to track the health and wellbeing of Victorians. Every 3 years since 2008, the survey has been conducted at an LGA level (n=400 sample per Local Government area) and this local data is often used by Councils to inform their health […]

COVID-19 Survey snapshot

August 24th, 2020|

To date the COVID-19 Community survey has been collecting data from communities across 4 Council areas in Victoria.

Here is a quick snapshot of what we are seeing in the data to date.

For further information about the survey see https://asdfresearch.com.au/covid-19-survey/.

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease response planning

March 13th, 2020|

In light of the WHO classification of COVID-19 as a pandemic, ASDF Research has implemented the following risk management processes. These risk management processes do not impact on the scope of any current ASDF Research project commitments.

In the interest of minimising public risk, until further notice, ASDF Research will not be undertaking any […]

2016 Homelessness data

March 17th, 2018|

Last week Census released the 2016 homeless estimates (see knowledge base entry here). We have put together an interactive dashboard of the findings comparing 2011 and 2016 rate per 10,000 population by Victorian LGAs:

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Prizes and Incentives for completing surveys

June 21st, 2016|

There are a number of things to think about when deciding whether to offer a prize for participating in a social research survey.

The three main things to consider are: is it really necessary; is it an appropriate prize; and does it comply with lottery laws? You must also comply with privacy law when collecting, […]

Tips for writing survey invite emails

May 14th, 2016|

Avoiding spam filters:
A lot of email providers have spam filters that look for certain traits within the subject text and email. In order to reduce the risk that your email will automatically be sent to the spam folder, avoid the following words and symbols:

Urgent
Money back guarantee
Money
Breakthough
Click here
!!!!
[Using CAPS]
[Coloured fonts]
[1 large image inserted into the […]

Response code sets

April 7th, 2016|

Here are some of the best practice response code sets for question design:

Satisfaction rating
Very satisfied
SatisfiedNeither satisfied nor dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied

Importance rating
Very important
Important
Moderately important
Of little importance
Not at all important

Quality
Extremely good
Above average
Average
Below average
Extremely poor

Excellent
Very good
Good
Fair
Poor

Safety
Very safe
Safe
Neither
Unsafe
Very unsafe

Frequency
Daily or most days
2-3 times a week
Weekly
Fortnightly
Monthy
Every 2-3 months
2-3 times a year
Annually
Less often
Never

sometimes the following code frame is used, but it […]