SearchBlox: Jumping on the Survey Bandwagon
December 4, 2013
I suppose the notion of a biased sample is of little interest to the search and content processing mavens, poobahs, and vendors who want inputs. I just received from SearchBlox a request to provide information via a survey. I have seen survey requests from LinkedIn people, unknown PR types, and search vendors.
Here’s that the SearchBlox email displayed for me:
Are these surveys useful? In my experience, no. The dry stuff presented in Statistics 101 about sample selection is taught for a reason. Results from “please, respond” surveys are easily spoofed, distorted, or plain wrong.
SearchBlox offers a cloud search solution. Last I heard it was based on ElasticSearch’s technology. If you want to know more about a search vendor with no recollection of sampling methodology, navigate to www.searchblox.com.
Stephen E Arnold, December 4, 2013
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