Survey questions raising concerns in middle schools: *The last time you engaged in sexual activity, did you use one of the following to protect yourself from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)?

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Among the tools that survey researchers use to gain a deeper understanding of ...

Measuring the identity of Taiwanese Americans, and Asian origin groups in the United States more generally, is a challenging endeavor, whether in survey research or when trying to generate estimates ...

India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (left) with scientist and statistician PC Mahalanobis Indian data is staring at a credibility crisis with official numbers on a range of subjects - from ...

Unbiased estimates of population parameters can be obtained from a sample survey when the sample units are not the primary units of estimation, i.e., when the correspondence between the units selected ...

Federated Sample announced today that it has launched its flagship sample management and exchange platform, Fulcrum, for mobile devices. The tool is optimized to adjust to almost any device, including ...

WASHINGTON — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) should adopt new practices for collecting data on sex, gender, and sexual orientation — including collecting gender data by default, and not ...

Ramesh Kumar, an investigator or "data warrior" as they are better known to the fraternity, braved sub-zero temperatures in a Himalayan village to gather vital data on rural livelihoods. It is on the ...