Does asking "Did you have any problems?" versus "What problems did you have?" get you more and better responses?

My context is survey question development and usability testing. We'll have participants answers some questions or do a task and then debrief them to find out what issues they had. Some colleagues...

07 August 2018 9,149 2 View

What are some good publishers for social science research methodology text books?

I'm looking for opinions based on experiences here. I know (generally) the range of publishers for social science and stats books, and have used intro methods and stats books from a range of...

11 December 2015 918 7 View

What are acceptable/common agreement rates or kappas for industry and occupation (I&O) codes?

There is a more detailed post on this project...

04 May 2015 9,732 2 View

What are the major (and minor) surveys that interview teens?

Greetings, I'm survey methodologist for the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) and I'm working on a research project on obtaining parental permission for our teen interview. As part of that...

04 May 2015 9,704 7 View

Has anyone seen (or calculated themselves) performance benchmarks between Stata and SAS?

I have a good sense of how Stata and SAS differ in how they handle data files (with SAS reading only one observation into memory at a time and being able to handle multiple files at one, and Stata...

01 February 2015 3,874 8 View

How do everyday people think about their "public program participation" (e.g., foodstamps, Medicaid)?

In survey research we often do extensive cognitive pretesting and focus groups to understand how respondents think, in their everyday lives, about the complex and formal ideas and topics we want...

01 February 2015 2,365 8 View

Within-household interviews: Better to ask for more upfront or later?

For my survey and decision science friends...Do you think it's better to ask for multiple interviews in the household upfront (e.g., after the screener) or to wait until later (e.g., after the...

31 December 2014 4,447 4 View

What are the proper techniques for analyzing reliability of categorical variables with a large number of categories?

31 December 2014 8,112 9 View

What are your favorite contemporary papers on multilevel binary and multinomial logistic regression with survey weighted data?

31 December 2014 9,811 4 View

Can anyone recommend a CV category for "edited but not peer-reviewed" articles?

I have several articles in a publication in my field that is edited but not peer-reviewed (http://surveypractice.org/...Note that their site says they are peer-reviewed, but I know form experience...

31 December 2014 4,569 1 View

How to analyze a particular region of my simulation box in GROMACS?

Hi, I am using GROMACS 5.1.4 to simulate water in contact with a surface. I am only interested to calculate some properties of water near the surface. Let's say at a distance of x nm from the...

03 March 2021 9,989 2 View

How to get onecolumn document from standard IEEE ACCESS LateX template?

I have prepared a manuscript in IEEE Latex template, but for some purpose, I need to prepare a word file as well (detailed format is not required). Compared to two column .tex file, one column...

02 March 2021 1,830 3 View

How can the modification of garden soil cause global warming?

Hello, I am working on a soil project and I found a primary research article that tests how the modification of agricultural soil can cause global warming, using a thermal collector, however I...

02 March 2021 7,161 3 View

Does anyone know how to plot my station to a section plot on Ocean Data View (ODV)?

I made a vertical section plot with WOA .nc file on ODV, and now I want to plot my stations (csv. file) in it. Does anyone know how to import my points to the section? They are two different...

01 March 2021 3,610 1 View

Does anyone know to clarify these changes?

01 March 2021 1,290 2 View

How can I convert .vesta file to a .cif file?

I've used the "export data" option in Vesta software to convert my unit cell into a cif file however when I use that cif in atomsk it shows error such as "can't read the position of atom 0". If I...

28 February 2021 4,966 3 View

How can we use a hybrid element in Abaqus Dynamic/Explicit for impressible materials?

Hi, all! How can we use a hybrid element in Abaqus Dynamic/Explicit for impressible materials? I have not find the choice for explicit element in Abaqus CAE. I am wondering whether it is possible...

25 February 2021 9,936 2 View

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25 February 2021 5,713 1 View

Anyone that can help with Maxquant TMT16plex which is missing?

Hi I am very new to proteomics analysis. I have got raw files from core facility running thermofisher TMT 16plex 4 hours. I cannot find on maxquant the option TMT16Plex there is only up to 11...

25 February 2021 1,675 3 View

How to search for crystal structure for material with atomic position labelled?

I am using the crystallographic open database and materials project to search for cif file but the exact structure is not mentioned or how can I deduce that the given structure and atomic position...

23 February 2021 6,723 2 View