2016 Homelessness data
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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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:
Urgent
Money back guarantee
Money
Breakthough
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[Using CAPS]
[Coloured fonts]
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Here is a 1 page ‘cheat sheet’ of sorts to help you create nice looking charts for your research reports.
The examples have been created in Microsoft Office Excel.
Click here to see the document.
If you need any tips on how to edit charts in Excel or determining/setting colour schemes, let me know!
When designing a survey, you can greatly improve the quality of the survey by checking the following things:
Use simple English.
Think about whether the question can be interpreted in multiple ways. When designing questions you need to make sure that there is only one interpretation of the meaning of the question otherwise respondents will become […]
In the realm of social research, the target market is the group of people with whom you wish to conduct your research.
It is important to define your target market early on in the research planning process as it plays a critical role in developing the methodology and designing an appropriate research tool.
Before you can define […]
If you are referring to an age group, make sure that you word it in such a way so as people can’t misinterpret it. For instance, if your age group […]