CentERdata is at home in various types of online survey research: one-time research, panel research, experimental research, preliminary policy research, and evaluative research. Do the questions in your research address audiences at large? Does your questionnaire involve a complex routing? Would you like to question a specific target audience? We are eager to be of assistance!

 

Online panel research has many advantages compared to more traditional research methods.

 

Online panel surveys can be fitted to make sure you obtain the right data from the right people. No more, no less. We can use information from previous studies to select respondents. We can also spread surveys over time to make sure respondents do not have to face needlessly long questionnaires. Repeated surveys with the same batch of respondents are relatively easy to carry out, making changes easy to measure.

 

Respondents are free to decide when they complete their questionnaire and do so at their own convenience. Therefore, they can also take their time to answer open questions. Panel members complete questionnaires anonymously, which makes their answers less likely to be image-enhancing and more reliable in case of privacy-related and sensitive topics. Moreover, as there is no interviewer, there are no interviewer effects.