What Differentiates a Survey Sample Provider
The questions to ask any sample provider — including us
Most evaluation conversations between research teams and sample providers focus on cost per complete, turnaround time, and claimed panel size. These are the easiest metrics to discuss. They're not the most important ones.
How many checkpoints does your quality framework run — and at which stages?
QRC Survey answer: multi-layered quality checks across three stages — entry screening, in-survey behavioral, and post-completion acceptance.
What is your false positive rate — how often do you filter legitimate respondents?
QRC Survey answer: approximately 4.2%, based on manual review of 8% of flagged responses. We err toward exclusion and field above target sample size to compensate.
Does a quality audit report ship with every dataset, or only on request?
QRC Survey answer: every dataset. Checkpoint-level output, quota accuracy, composite score distribution, and open-end scoring detail are included by default.
What fraud patterns does your framework not reliably catch?
QRC Survey answer: sophisticated residential proxy routing (we estimate 3–5% miss rate) and legitimately credentialed respondents who answer inattentively. Both are disclosed in our methodology documentation.
