Over the past year, Dovetail has been capturing the mood of the creative and arts sectors in Aotearoa. Here, Adela Wypych describes our approach and the value of an arts outreach survey.

Looking back on the roller coaster that was 2021.

A feedback survey developed by a local business association about road safety changes around a primary school highlights the dangers of poor survey design - affecting both the quality of the research results and their potential input into decision-making.

I wonder if sheer volume of requests for feedback surveys that we receive may actually be undermining my practice as a researcher – as someone who regularly employs online surveys in my own work.

We psephologists (those who follow elections) would be wise to remember the advice of Moira Rose from the television series Schitt’s Creek – “Let’s not count our poultry before it’s incubated.”