Posts Tagged ‘survey’
Survey says! More harm than good?
RICE (US) — Though designed to enhance customer experiences, post-service customer surveys might actually harm a business’s relationships with consumers. Continue…
Thursday, November 4, 2010 11:01 - 1 Comment
Society & Culture - Jun 11, 2010 14:05 - 3 Comments
Americans crave self-respect over security
U. OREGON (US)—The desire for self-respect has risen significantly in the last two decades as a core value for Americans. Meanwhile, the needs for both security and a sense of belonging have declined in the last 30 years. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 27, 2010 16:24 - 15 Comments
Some Tea Partiers less committed to equality?
U. WASH (US)—A recent phone survey of more than 1,000 people in seven states shows that whites who are strong supporters of the Tea Party movement are apparently less committed to freedom and equality than those who oppose or are unenthusiastic about the movement. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 9, 2010 13:37 - 48 Comments
Racial attitudes influence Tea Party movement
U. WASHINGTON (US)—A new survey finds that among whites, southerners are 12 percent more likely to support the Tea Party movement than whites in other parts of the United States and that conservatives are 28 percent more likely than liberals to support the effort. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 29, 2010 12:19 - 4 Comments
Why do college grads get fewer colds?
STONY BROOK (US)—High school dropouts are roughly twice as likely to catch a cold as those with a college degree, new research suggests. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 4, 2010 13:45 - 6 Comments
Home sweet mobile home
PENN STATE (US)—A majority of Pennsylvania’s mobile home residents say they are overwhelmingly satisfied with their homes despite problems like construction quality, social stigma, and financing. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 9, 2009 13:24 - 0 Comments
Putting babies ‘back to sleep’
YALE (US)—The number of caregivers placing infants on their backs for sleep has reached a plateau in the last five years, a new study finds. (more…)
Best of 2009 - Nov 30, 2009 18:27 - 52 Comments
BEST OF 2009: God’s beliefs mirror our own
U. CHICAGO (US)—Religious people tend to use their own beliefs as a guide in thinking about what God believes, but are less constrained when reasoning about other people’s beliefs, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 17, 2009 17:56 - 1 Comment
Taking America’s energy temperature
RUTGERS (US)—Of the estimated 1,000 energy-related public opinion polls conducted during the last 20 years, environmental policy expert Michael Greenberg says there are two basic types: polls that include energy questions among a range of societal issues and hypothesis-driven surveys that measure preferences and try to link them to underlying factors. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 2, 2009 12:34 - 0 Comments
Survey: U.S. leadership less cynical today
RICE (US)—Contemporary leaders are less trusting, but also less cynical, than those in top positions nearly four decades ago, according to a new comprehensive survey of White House Fellows—a group that includes more than 600 prominent leaders in nearly every sector of American society. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 15, 2009 17:27 - 2 Comments
Birds fly the coop when climate shifts
A low elevation species, the Bullock’s Oriole, or Icterus bullockii, responded to climate change by tracking precipitation. (Credit: Morgan Tingley)
Society & Culture - Sep 11, 2009 16:17 - 0 Comments
Survey: Time to trim CEO salaries
The study also finds that corporate board members believe exorbitant CEO salaries exist in other companies, not their own, says Ed Lawler, the study’s lead author. As a result, boards may not change their company’s executive pay plans. “Directors increasingly think there is a problem with executive compensation, but that may not lead to change because they think it is the other organizations that need to change.”
Society & Culture - Jun 15, 2009 14:48 - 0 Comments
Survey finds CFOs hopeful—at least in U.S., Asia
Duke University and CFO Magazine surveyed more than 1,200 CFOs from a broad range of global public and private companies about their expectations for the economy. Above, an optimism index comparing the United States, Europe, and China.
