social science

Are Online Surveys Making Us Stupid?

September 14, 2010

Tweet All over the web I see stupid “surveys” collecting what is almost always meaningless data. The “results” of these “surveys” are then used to influence readers’ perceptions and to steer people towards (or away from) companies and services. What I find frustrating, almost to the point of infuriating, is how most of these surveys […]

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A Psychological Benefit of a “Black” Organization?

January 14, 2009

Tweet Here’s a nifty psychological tidbit for you, from the social research site ContextsDiscoveries , that triggers an interesting organizational question …. It’s not just life experiences that affect mental health, but also how they are resolved. While African Americans tend to have more negative events, they also tend to have more resolutions, thus giving […]

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