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Companies have our data. Why do they keep asking if we like them?

by Daniel Ackerman
Sep 11, 2024
Constant requests for feedback can provide useful info for firms. But there are alternatives to overdoing it and annoying customers.
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The impact of survey fatigue on key economic indicators

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 7, 2023
Response rates to The Bureau of Labor Statistics' JOLTS report are continuing to waver according to Bloomberg reporter, Reade Pickert.
Survey fatigue is impacting response rates to important economic data surveys.
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Work is a big part of what's making us unhappy, Gallup CEO says

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Sep 27, 2022
Jon Clifton weighs in on workplace engagement, global unhappiness and why it's sometimes a good thing when polls confirm conventional wisdom.
"We spend so much of our lives at work," says Gallup CEO Jon Clifton. "There's one analysis that says it's 115,000 hours — which is 13 years of a person's life."
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Who thinks we're in for a recession? CFOs, a survey says

by Mitchell Hartman
Dec 14, 2018
Duke University poll finds almost half think a slowdown will hit within a year
A board shows stock numbers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 07.
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Millennials believe more money is the way to improve public education

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
Oct 23, 2018
"They choose increasing school funding, investing in neighborhood schools [and] providing teachers with increased pay. Those are their priorities."
Students walk near Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA on April 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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Millennials believe more money is the way to improve public education

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
Oct 23, 2018
"They choose increasing school funding, investing in neighborhood schools [and] providing teachers with increased pay. Those are their priorities."
Students walk near Royce Hall on the campus of UCLA on April 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif.
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We have one man to thank for customer satisfaction surveys

by Kai Ryssdal
Jun 8, 2016
Even he is getting sick of them
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Consumers cheer up as economy improves

by Mitchell Hartman
Jun 12, 2015
Consumers, heartened by more secure jobs and fatter paychecks, are starting to spend.
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Survey says: Guilty of not filling out your survey

by Beth Teitell
Jun 24, 2014
Commentator Beth Teitell says sometimes she feels guilty for not filling them out.
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Consumer confidence vs. consumer sentiment

by Paddy Hirsch
Aug 28, 2012
Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch explains the difference between consumer confidence and consumer sentiment.
Shoppers walk down the Third Street Promenade outdoor shopping mall in Santa Monica, Calif.
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