In point of fact, Statistics Canada has done quite a bit of research documenting the fundamental flaws associated
with voluntary surveys; see Kevin Milligan's guest post as well as this.
As was expected when the Harper government decided to scrap the long - form census and replace
it with a voluntary survey, the new numbers arrive with some caveats.
Not exact matches
In the Aflac
survey, employees who were offered
voluntary benefits were 19 percent more likely to be satisfied
with their jobs and 14 percent less likely to look for a new job in the next year.
This paper
surveys behavioral science findings on how cultural attributes and management practices can either promote or undermine
voluntary adherence to ethical standards, workplace rules and legal requirements,
with special attention to the communicative aspect of management practices.
Created by researchers at Southern Methodist University in collaboration
with API, the
survey is
voluntary, confidential, anonymous and takes about 40 minutes to complete.
Evaluating the Public Health Responsibility Deal for Alcohol
surveys the evidence on the Government's flagship public health programme, which was launched in 2011 as a
voluntary partnership
with commercial organisations, public bodies, academics and NGOs to promote public health goals.
Harper's government cancelled the mandatory long - form census in 2010 and replaced it
with the
voluntary National Household
Survey.
The students then wrote and distributed a
voluntary survey in the school and learned that fellow students wanted more information about dealing
with stress, setting goals, and preventing suicide.
ERCA conducts
voluntary surveys on career aspirations among secondary school students to connect them
with institutions of higher learning and other organizations and to provide guidance about what comes next after high school.
Due to the fact that additional sponsors, associated
with 1,446 plans, received ERRP funds and did not respond to the
voluntary surveys, it is not possible to determine the exact number of individuals who benefited from plan sponsors» receipt of ERRP reimbursements.
A subset of plan sponsors, associated
with 1,622 plans 7, that received ERRP reimbursements and responded to 2012 and 2013
voluntary surveys of plan sponsors that had received such reimbursement, indicated that 26 million enrolled individuals, of which almost 2.6 million were early retirees8, benefited or will benefit from the plan sponsors» receipt of funds.
When these cases are taken into account, the adjusted response rate is 35.78 %, which is respectable by academic and industry standards.32 As
with all
surveys, questionnaire completion was
voluntary, anonymous, and subject to self - selection bias.
Most HR professionals
surveyed (71 %), in large organizations (those
with more than 500 employees), thought it would be extremely likely or somewhat likely to experience an increase in
voluntary turnover whenever the job market improves.
In 2017 the
survey, which involved
voluntary client participants who had recently attended at least one counselling session
with RAV, indicated positive service outcomes.
Moreover, participation was strictly
voluntary with no incentive contingent on completion of the
surveys.