Surveys. A Farce?

[needawin]

DO PEOPLE GET PAID TO DO SURVEYS?

Survey suggest young people use mobile phones more when driving!
Does someone actually get paid to do a survey like this. What a lovely job!

[Mamyalynne]

Use their phones more whilst driving as opposed to using them when doing what?

[Mamyalynne]

Survey Companies get paid by other Companies wishing to see trends and patterns in spending and behaviour, some by Government bodies etc.

Some participants also get paid to complete surveys , I do with a few companies.

[Bathsheba]

Yes needawin, people do get paid to do surveys, but more often than not it is the form of coupons rather than actual cash.

[aelmpvw]

i think the survey concludes that young people use mobiles more than old people when they're driving ... bit if a bombshell isn't it?

[Mamyalynne]

Staggering Ael.

[alexanderd]

I do some surveys, I dont get paid as such, usually credits which add up for vouchers

[jno]

chances are more young people drive than old people, so that would follow. Also, there are more young people. But is the suggestion that a bigger proportion of young people use their mobiles? Or that they use them more often? It will depend on who was surveyed and what the questions were. Is it a professionally weighted survey, or just self-selected?

So the conclusion's not quite so obvious as all that.

[Mamyalynne]

I wasn't very clear - yes I amass vouchers too.

Hi Alex.x

[vulcan42]

I took part in a survey a few years ago, had to keep a very detailed record of every penny spent for a month. After it was finished and returned I received a thank you letter and was told I could keep the pen.

[Bathsheba]

Lol @ vulcan :D x x

[Mamyalynne]

Oh yes, you soon learn which to stay with and which to ditch - I signed up with one and after about 30 surveys checked my balance and hadn't made a pound yet.

They went pronto!