In order to obtain truthful and accurate information free of any bias, it is preferred to analyze consumers through their online behavior, because when conducting traditional surveys, people tend to lie to give a good impression.
Although the most recommended is to analyze large volumes of data that are generated by consumers when interacting in the digital environment, surveys can work under specific conditions.
Does it make sense to keep doing surveys to evaluate, for example, the ranking of a brand, when all the real, honest, and unbiased information can be inferred from people's behavior on the Internet?
"... Traditionally, when teachers or business people needed data, they commissioned surveys. They obtained data in an orderly fashion, either in figures or in boxes marked on questionnaires.
During 2019, the proportion of households living in poverty in the country remained at 21%, which is identical to the percentage reported in 2018.
According to the National Household Survey 2019, prepared by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, per area of residence, urban poverty reaches 19.8% of households, while rural poverty reaches 24.2%, both values without significant changes with respect to 2018.
The Central Bank of Honduras tenders the logistics service for the development of field work of the 2019-2020 National Household Expenditure Survey, for a 22-month period.
Honduras Government Purchase LPública No.08-2019:
"The objective is to contract the services of a company that provides the BCH with business services and professional logistic and management services for the development of management activities for the execution of the field work of ENIGH 2019-2020, including the services of the staff that will carry out the work of cartographic updating, the collection of basic information in a pilot survey and the final collection of the survey, administrative support, file management, air, land and special mobilization logistics that includes the geographical areas covered by ENIGH, as well as providing an operations center duly conditioned for ENIGH strategic personnel, which allows achieving high standards of quality and control in the information collected.
The number of households living in poverty increased by 1.1% between 2017 and 2018, increasing from 20% to 21.1% of the population.
Households living in poverty by poverty line (LP) represent 21.1% of the country's total, 1.1% more than the figure recorded in 2017. According to the National Institute of Census and Statistics, this increase is statistically significant.
The survey, which will be carried out with financing from the World Bank, will provide detailed knowledge on household expenditures and income patterns and their participation in national economic activity.
From a statement issued by Banco Central de Honduras:
The President of the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH), Wilfredo Cerrato Rodríguez, and the Country Director for Central America of the World Bank, Seynabou Sakho, signed a Financial and Technical Cooperation Agreement this afternoon to support the planning, development and dissemination of the Survey National Household Income and Expenditure (ENIGH).
The failure of polls on the presidential election in the US shows that in order to get the right information, data must be collected and analyzed with scientific rigor, free from any bias caused by the personal interest of pollsters and analysts.
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Only 1 out of the 20 main pollsters, newspapers and television stations in the United States who possessed all the tools needed to properly manage the demographic data and surveys, was right in indicating who the next president would be.
83% of companies operating in a legal framework and who were surveyed by the Superior Council of Private Enterprise, obtained credit when they requested it to the financial system.
From a statement issued by the Superior Council of Private Enterprise in Nicaragua:
The Superior Council of Private Enterprise (COSEP), presents the Sustainable Business Survey Nicaragua 2015.
Income from self-employment has improved in rural areas, while urban households purchasing power fell by 1.2% in June 2015.
Although the unemployment rate in Costa Rica was close to 10% in October 2015, the income from self-employment has consolidated becoming the second largest source in the country: it increased by 22.7% in June 2015 compared to same month in 2014 in rural areas and 16.1% in urban areas, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Census.
The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources in El Salvador is calling for expressions of interest to develop a nationwide perception survey.
Government Purchase El Salvador SBCC-01/2016:
The aims is to "develop a national survey to determine the impact of MARN's communication, as a baseline to design and implement communication strategies that affect citizens.
Business confidence is still falling with complaints being made about the absence of an agenda which aims to improve the business climate in the country.
From a statement issued by the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of Private Business Sector (UCCAEP):
Business confidence falls at the end of the year
• 6 out of 10 companies have faced significant increases in production costs over the last year.
The business confidence index calculated by the "Business Pulse" survey reached its lowest level in the last two years, with negativity being felt in the services and construction sectors in particular.
From a press release issued by the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of Private Enterprises (Uccaep):
Fiscal deficit reduction, improved infrastructure and better governance.
They recommend promoting improvements in areas such as legal certainty, procedures and infrastructure, in order to increase competitiveness and regain business confidence.
From a press release issued by the Costa Rican Union of Chambers and Associations of Private Enterprises (Uccaep):
Confidence in the business sector fell 2% in the fourth quarter compared to the same period in 2012.
Between July 2011 and July 2012, Guatemala created 29,494 jobs, figure that dropped to 19,437 between 2012 and 2013.
The Association for Research and Social Studies (ASIES) has presented the results of the 57 Enterprise Survey, which measures perceptions of employers in the metropolitan area regarding the main economic variables which influenced its activities up to July 2013.