Growing up, my mom would ask me every single day, "how was school?" and no matter how uneventful or amazing my day was, my response was always "good." I know my mom was just trying to gauge how my day ...

Every poll involves a questionnaire that contains a standardized set of questions that are asked of every person. The way a question is asked can affect the answers that people give. In an open-ended ...

A child raised in a low-income household hears 1,537 fewer words per hour than one raised in a higher-income home, according to the landmark 1995 Hart and Risley study. Conducted at the University of ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. The longer a survey is, the fewer people are willing to complete it. This is ...

The Open-ended Working Group on Ageing, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/182 with the purpose of strengthening the protection of the human rights of older persons, will hold ...

Polling public opinion is getting easier than ever on Instagram. The photo-sharing app is constantly introducing new features and its latest is the ability to ask questions in Instagram Stories. While ...

Prepping for an interview is part of the job application tango — and arguably, it’s prone to have the most amount of complicated steps. From thoroughly researching both the company and the executives ...