<p>The ARF ORQC was formed in August 2007 with the goals of being client- and knowledge-driven; that is, the goal of the ARF ORQC is to provide knowledge-driven answers to client questions about the quality of online research. The ORQC leadership consists of a supplier Steering Committee (SC) and a Client Advisory Board (CAB).</p> <p>In conversations with the CAB, as well as with other clients, a diverse range of questions about the quality of online research arose. A stakeholder survey was conducted and confirmed that data and sample quality issues including replicability, accuracy, representativeness, survey length, response rates, and undesirable respondent behavior were areas of concern.</p> <p>Given the diversity of client needs and concerns, the ARF ORQC recognized that some issues might have to be addressed in later phases. For example, the ARF ORQC Steering Committee determined that its initial focus would be on online consumer samples with expansion into mobile panels/samples or business-to-business samples at a later date.</p> <p>With respect to online consumer samples, the ARF ORQC determined that among the first areas it would investigate are:<br /> </p> <ul> <li>Replication and the &nbsp;reliability/consistency of results across waves; </li> <li>Effects of multi-panel &nbsp;membership on survey results; </li> <li>Effects of respondent &nbsp;motivations and engagement on survey results; and, </li> <li>Connections between proposed &nbsp;or commonly used metrics and data &nbsp;quality.&quot;</li> </ul> <h5>April 9, 2009</h5> <h3>Foundations of Quality Results Preview Released</h3> <p>Bob Walker, President of Surveys &amp; Forecasts, LLC, presented the preliminary results of the Foundations of Quality research-on-research study at the ARF&#8217;s 2009 Re:Think Conference in New York City on Wednesday April 1st. This presentation contains the initial analyses of this landmark study that involved the participation of 17 online panel companies, and the support of 21 research vendors and major corporations.</p> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" /> Available on My ARF for ARF Members: <a href="https://my.thearf.org/User/MyDownloads.aspx#orqc">Download FOQ Results Preview »</a></p> <h3>For more details about initiative:</h3> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" /> <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/downloads/cnc/orqc/rfp/ORQC_R-on-R_Overview.pdf">Foundations of Quality Project Overview</a></p> <h3>For download:</h3> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" /> <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/downloads/cnc/orqc/rfp/ORQC-RFP-Q&amp;R.pdf">ARF RFP Questions and Responses</a></p> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" /> <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/downloads/cnc/orqc/rfp/ARF_Foundations_Quality_Project%202008-06-17.ppt.pdf"> Foundations of Quality Project Presentation</a> (from ORQC Council Meeting)</p> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" /> <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/downloads/cnc/orqc/rfp/1-ARF_Deduplication_RFP.pdf">RFP-1: Solutions to Identify Duplicate Respondents</a></p> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" /> <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/downloads/cnc/orqc/rfp/2-ARF_Encrypted_Email_Matching_RFP.pdf">RFP-2: Matching and Reporting upon Overlap of Encrypted Email Addresses</a></p> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" /> <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/downloads/cnc/orqc/rfp/3-ARF_Data_Hosting_RFP.pdf">RFP-3: Data Hosting and Processing</a></p> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" /> <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/downloads/cnc/orqc/rfp/4-ARF_Parallel_Studies_RFP.pdf">RFP-4: Parallel Studies</a></p> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" /> <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/downloads/cnc/orqc/rfp/5-ARF_Research_Analysts_RFP.pdf">RFP-5: Research Analysts</a></p> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" /> <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/downloads/cnc/orqc/rfp/ARF_NDA.pdf">Non-Disclosure Agreement</a></p> <p><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/misc/zip.gif" alt="pdf" width="12" height="16" /> <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/thearf-org-aux-assets/downloads/cnc/orqc/rfp/Templates_for_RFP_Responses.zip">Templates for RFP Responses</a></p> 2008-06-06T00:00:00-05:00 311 false orqc-initiative

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