When conducting community research there are two key ways that we can source respondents. Below explains the differences between these two methods to help you select the most appropriate one for your project (some projects will use both).
Representative Surveys
Purpose: to understand the whole community.
In a representative survey, we aim to get a snapshot of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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/.
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 […]
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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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, […]
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:
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