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Mar 15 2021 What’s a Charity?

The majority of American donors do not think of hospitals as "charities" - but the majority do think of children's hospitals as charities. Homeless shelters? Definitely charities. Museums? Universities? Private schools? Not so much...

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Oct 05 2020 Do Donors Use Charity Watchdogs?

GuideStar. CharityWatch. Wise Giving Alliance. Do charitable donors actually use charity watchdogs like these? Yes...and no.

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Aug 10 2020 Still More Dirty Little Secrets of Online Panels

The chance your online panel study is filled with fraudulent or disengaged respondents is 90% or higher, according to Still More Dirty Little Secrets of Online Panels.

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Jun 03 2019 6 Ways Your Survey Research May Be Misleading You

Are you comfortable with doing surveys in which up to half of the responses you’re receiving are fraudulent? Or in which you’re getting a heavily biased group of respondents?

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Jul 29 2016 Getting Past the Barriers

How to Do Research That Is Faster, Cheaper, and More Flexible

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Apr 26 2016 Evangelical Pastors and Finances

Evangelical pastors often struggle with financial pressures at church and at home; three out of ten have no personal savings at all

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Jul 30 2015 Click Here to Find a Church (Maybe)

Our new report details how someone trying to find a local church’s website by searching through their denomination has only a 32% chance of success. Find out more

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Mar 05 2014 2014 Greenbook Research Industry Trends (GRIT) Report

Research clients speak out on research vendors and the adoption of new tools and techniques

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Jul 29 2013 How Sliders Bias Survey Data

The use of sliders in online surveys has become common, as researchers seek to enhance respondent engagement. The only problem is that if you’re using sliders, there’s a pretty good chance you are getting back biased data.

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Jul 29 2013 Myths of the Christian Donor

Many assumptions about Christian donors have emerged over the years, and come to be treated as “conventional wisdom.” But how wise is it to believe something that may or may not be founded on reality?

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