Posted on 24 April 2020 by Curtis Jessop, Research Director Linking survey and Twitter data Are social media users representative of a wider population? Are the data biased towards the most vocal? And how do you ensure a sample only includes the target population? Read the rest of this entry Tags: NatCen Panel, Twitter, data linkage, household surveys, social media
Posted on 23 October 2017 by Matt Jonas, Campaigns and Marketing Manager Maintaining sample quality of predominantly online panels Following a trip to the International Survey Non-Response Workshop in Utrecht, Matt Jonas reflects on the emergence of probability-based online panels and how to maintain them. Read the rest of this entry Tags: International Workshop on Household Survey Non-response, NatCen Panel, longitudinal, panel, survey non-response
Posted on 20 June 2017 by Emily Tanner, Head of Children, Families & Work More good schools: Are grammar schools the answer? The assumption that there is consensus about what makes a good school runs through education policy and debate. But this may not be how the public sees it, as Emily Tanner explains. Read the rest of this entry Tags: NatCen Panel, education, grammar schools, schools
Posted on 07 June 2017 by Roger Harding, Head of Public Attitudes 5 key election findings from the NatCen Panel Only the NatCen Panel has used the sampling approach recommended by the polling inquiry. Roger Harding outlines 5 key findings from the latest Panel research. Read the rest of this entry Tags: British Social Attitudes, NatCen Panel, NatCen on the Election
Posted on 07 June 2017 by Kirby Swales, Director of Survey Research Centre Looking into the crystal ball – polling methods in the 2017 General Election Who would want to be a pollster? Kirby Swales looks at what lessons have been learned from the 2015 polling miss. Read the rest of this entry Tags: NatCen Panel, NatCen on the Election, general election, methodology, polling