Viewpoint - Survey research: two types of knowledge
I shall argue here that, in the UK, there is a major divide in the kinds of knowledge held by survey experts in research agencies and in academia, and that this works to the detriment of survey research. As befits a Viewpoint article, I shall perhaps portray this divide over-starkly, but I think it is right to do this – there is a serious point to be made.
To my mind, those of us working in agencies who claim survey expertise are strong on practice and weak in theory, while...