Updated Articles

  1. Introduction to weighting

    Weighting is a statistical technique that involves mathematically manipulating data after the fact (i.e., after data collection) to bring the demographics of the survey sample more in line with those of a given population (e.g., the U.S. General P...
  2. Choosing and applying weighting schemes

    Choosing an appropriate weighting scheme CivicScience offers many custom weighting schemes. Therefore, a common question is how to choose a weighting scheme appropriate for your research needs. To select a weighting scheme that suits your researc...
  3. Moving from InsightStore 1 to InightStore 2 for data clients

    Welcome to InsightStore 2! You don't need to do anything other than update your bookmarks. The address for IS2 is https://insightstore.civicscience.com . All your reports and dashboards are still here. IS2 makes it easier to access them, w...
  4. Moving from InsightStore 1 to InsightStore 2 for media partners

    Welcome to InsightStore 2! You don't need to do anything other than update your bookmarks. The address for IS2 is https://insightstore.civicscience.com . All your reports and dashboards are still here. IS2 makes it easier to access them, w...
  5. Backstop questions

    You may have seen certain questions more frequently than others and wondered why that happens. They are probably backstop questions. The poll unit loads news/pop culture questions first, followed by one or two value questions and then a profile q...
  6. Approve or Reject a Question

    After you've deployed a question, if it isn't collecting, check to see if it has been approved for a particular target.  Go to the question's Settings > Deployments screen. If the question has been approved or rejected for a particular target, ...
  7. Searching for questions

    You can use the text box on the questions page to search for keywords in questions. To search, enter one or more search terms in the search box and hit return/enter or click the magnifying glass at the right. The main search field searches key...
  8. Where are weighting schemes used?

    Where are weighting schemes used? Question details page Some dashboards Some dashlets: Insights Question compare Question compare list Question results Score results Timeview results Strength of association calculatio...
  9. Getting started as a CivicScience media partner

    Your account manager will work with you to gather the information CivicScience needs to set up your organization in the InsightStore. After we have that information, we will create an account and child accounts (if applicable), then networks , ...
  10. IS2 for media partners

    Users from media partner accounts are able to do anything other users can do in the InsightStore, but they also have access to a few other functions. We've collected links to the articles about those functions here for your convenience. Getting s...