1. CCES Survey Tips

2. Reminders about questionnaires
Final versions due June 15
Put questionnaires in the format in the question guide
Select one person from your team to communicate with YouGovPolimetrix
Please use the points system to time your survey before you submit it

3. Module assignment procedure
Eligible panelists are assigned to take the common content
During the common content, respondents are assigned to modules using block randomization based on age group, gender, education, and race.
Blocks are defined by starting the survey, not completing it
Break-off rates can affect the number of eligible respondents for matching

4. LOI and Break-off Rates

5. “Interview Killers” Multiple pages of grids or wordy grids
Suggestion – space grids out over the survey, if possible
Long dynamic grids
Do not use these for a long list of items. Use a multi-page grid that limits the number of items per page
Consider putting sets of thematically similar questions on the same page (but try to minimize scrolling)

6. A grid that would work better as a series of single choice questions

7. Challenging topics also lead to breakoffs
If you ask questions on a topic that is unfamiliar to many
Limit the number of questions
Keep the questions short and to the point
Give respondents the option to say they don’t know
Keep introductory text brief, if possible

8. New Feature: Imagemap selector