The Survey Futures Directors were delighted to host the Survey Futures International Conference which took place on the 17th and 18th June 2026. Social surveys have faced multiple challenges in recent...

We are pleased to announce that Survey Futures is running its Early Career Impact Awards for the second time, this year, set to take place on 11 November 2026 in London.

Are nonresponse follow-ups to web surveys of the UK general population still needed? Implications for data quality

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The Survey Futures Directors are delighted to invite you to attend the Survey Futures International Conference which is taking place on the 17th and 18th June 2026. Social surveys have faced multiple ...

The aim of this research is to provide evidence about the effectiveness of alternative methods of within-household selection in surveys in the absence of an interviewer.

The Survey Practice Forum is where everyone involved in UK social surveys – survey agencies, survey commissioners, survey users – can share knowledge, experiences and ideas regarding survey practice. ...

Challenges and Opportunities for Social Survey Data Collection in Wales

Survey methods are used to collect informative data in a wide range of scientific contexts. This Comment outlines how to ensure that a survey is fit for its intended purpose and to avoid the many potential pitfalls associated with survey research.

For many years, research into data collection techniques to reduce nonresponse, or reduce nonresponse bias, was primarily concerned with main effects. Promising techniques were subsequently applied to...

Survey researchers use many tactics to try to maximise response rates and to minimise differences in response rates between population subgroups. These may include the use of different modes of approa...

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Abstract. Although quality aspects of survey data have been well-investigated in the methodological literature, little is known about the effects of showca