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Let’s say you are surveying 100 people out of 10,000. You want to analyse the data from your sample of 100 to get answers about the likely behaviours and preferences of the overall 10,000 person [...]

Who is the head of your household? It probably depends on who you ask. In my household, you will either find out that I am the head of the household, my husband is the head of the household, or [...]

I had a chance to talk with Catherine E. Harnois about her ground-breaking book: “Feminist Measures in Survey Research”. She shared what she’s been thinking since writing the book and some tips [...]

Last month, I bought a pair of socks for $5.00. Last week, the store had a sale and dropped the price of the socks by 25%. This week, they raised the price by 25%, so now the same socks I bought [...]

How to Actually Use Open Data for your Non-profit – a case study We’ve been writing a lot about open data on the blog – what it is, where to find it, and so on.  We’ve been dispelling some myths [...]

We wanted to know where children in NYC are thriving – and why.  Which community NYC districts exceed expectations? Which are falling short? And why? When working with a non-profit on NYC, [...]