"Fascinating and engaging workshops. A wealth of specific questionnaire design-related information, and a compelling presenter." -Gilles Muller, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Research, San Jose State University
"Thank you for bringing your research to the Federal Trade Commission and for your interest in helping us to improve our work!" -Janis K. Pappalardo, Assistant Director, Division of Consumer Protection, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
"You were such a hit. Thanks for this year and the next two more! On behalf of our entire organization, thanks again for taking the Conference to a whole new level of education and professionalism." -Charli Morris, Program Planning Chair, American Society of Trial Consultants
"Everyone really valued the seminar. The information you presented was relevant to their day-to-day activities. People here are most appreciative for this training." -Ross Saberin, U.S. Census Bureau
Praise from Students
"Awesome command of material."
"Very engaging and well-organized lectures."
"Lectures were fantastic overall."
"Openness and appreciation of students' questions and comments made a relatively large class feel like a seminar."
"Krosnick does an excellent job creating a classroom environment where students ask many questions and engage with the course material."
"His enthusiasm for the topic really showed through his lectures and helped engage me in learning."
"Great, personable instructor."
"Lectures were engaging and interesting."
"Promotes critical thinking by encouraging students to present ideas and debate issues."
"An excellent teacher."
"Excellent at listening to and taking seriously student ideas and questions."
"Professor Krosnick is obviously an expert in this field, and it was great to be able to learn from him."
"He's a very dynamic and attention-grabbing lecturer."
"Krosnick is always great."
"All the events that I've attended involving Jon Krosnick have been great; great presenter, great content, and highly-relevant information."
"Gave specific enough examples that can then be used. Techniques were easy to understand and apply."
"Clear, concise, and extremely practical."
"Jon was very engaging, and his content was easy to follow along."
"Very clearly presented."
"Very useful to put into practice immediately."
"Cutting edge info backed up by top-notch research. That's Krosnick."
"It's very interesting, makes you look at things a different way. Jon Krosnick delivers it in a very captivating way."
"Jon Krosnick really knows his stuff."
"Interesting and thought-provoking."
"Brilliant presenter. Insightful presentation."
"Content was excellent, and the speaker was excellent."
"Very professional, very pertinent, excellent presentation."
"I liked the academic slant on the presentation, rather than more of a sales pitch."
"Very specific information well backed up by case studies."
"Very interesting and applicable."
"Jon is very clear and specific, and his advice is extremely applicable to my questionnaire design work."
"I really liked the professor's style in dealing with students and with the topics being presented."
"He has a nice way of bringing people into the conversation and asking challenging questions in a supportive way."
"The course did exactly what it set out to do."
"I learned how to think analytically about survey design."
"I learned a lot about survey research. I feel that I am a much more informed consumer of survey data."
"I think it was great that you were able to bring Jon here for this course, thanks!"
"I really appreciated the course. Thanks for bringing in such an esteemed researcher."
"This has been one of my favorite courses in the last few years."
"Instructor was outstanding!"
"Excellent coverage of material."
"This was by far the best JPSM course I have taken."
"The instructor style of presentation was excellent. His knowledge of the subject area and expertise was very apparent."
"Jon's teaching style is so effective because he is knowledgable, witty, engaging, and thorough. He really seems to care that students understand."
"Love him, best instructor!"
"I appreciated the clearly high level of expertise of the professor."
"The instructor was dynamic and engaging."
"Krosnick is a wonderful story-teller, very funny and charming. His personality brings life to the dry subject matter."
"Dr. Krosnick, you have been purely inspirational, thanks for letting me enroll."
"An excellent course and excellent teacher."
"The instructor was very knowledgable in his field. He was also a very good teacher."
"The instructor was entertaining, knowledgable and an excellent teacher. He went the "extra mile" to visit."
"Course was extremely well-organized, topics flowed logically and examples were clear."
"Jon manages to bring us new material every year that is fresh and stimulating. Please repeat the course again and again. Thanks!"
"Once again, a great workshop. I have attended Prof. Krosnick's previous pre-conference courses and they have all been excellent."
"Very good overview of questionnaire development. Instructor is a wealth of knowledge!"
"One of the best and most informative courses I've taken, enjoyed!"
"Strong points were instructor knowledge, presentation, style, sense of humor, language. Simply a great performance."
"Great job choosing this speaker. I was impressed with his knowledge."
"He was fabulous. Bring him back!"
"Yeah! Best workshop. More like this please."
"This was great! I hope he'll come back for the next two years (at least)."
"He was excellent, obviously people would have sat and listened to him all day."
"Let's see more of Jon! Much, much more."
"I really enjoyed this course - it has, by far, been one of the best I've taken at Stanford."
"I was never once confused about any of the material, very clear lectures."
"Very personable, clear and coherent."
"Excellent!"
"Articulate and good at explaining concepts."
"Great enthusiasm, very approachable and helpful, covered important areas."
"Very energetic, lively class instructor with great grasp of material, entertaining too. Very useful tools and ideas for developing questions, pretesting, etc."
"Jon presented a lot of information but really crystalized it in his summaries. Plus, he handled every question well."
"Best JPSM I've ever taken and this is my 8th short course!"
"The instructor summarized large volumes of literature for us, reached a bottom line, and provided practical guidelines that I can apply immediately."
"Instructor has much experience in questionnaire design. Good examples and great teaching style."
"Excellent presentation, examples, summary of points covered."
"Instructor knew material incredibly well."
"Very interesting, engaging presentation style. Very knowledgable presenter."
"Very well-organized; brisk pace; merged theory and examples well."
"Instructor was outstanding. Clearly understands the material, presented in an organized fashion. Regularly checked with class to make sure we were understanding, answered questions."
"The instructor was very knowledgable and gave a lot of examples to support points. I also liked that he gave specific, concrete recommendations in designing/wording questionnaires."
"Krosnick - great lecturer; interesting and helpful topics."
"The instructor has an encyclopedic knowledge of the literature on this subject."
"Dr. Krosnick was especially good at communicating complex, abstract psychological processes."
"Instructor's experience in survey research and literature a huge plus. Humor kept lectures very entertaining."
"Instructor is a wealth of knowledge."
"Instructor encouraged and answered all questions."
"Great thoroughness of research and presentation."
"Instructor was able to provide practical advice and solutions for constructing customer satisfaction surveys. He was flexible and approachable!"
"Well organized material and presentation. Very useful information."
"Excellent instructor. Very knowledgable and quite humorous at times!"
"Course was very useful and thoughtfully presented."
"Consider Jon Krosnick a valuable asset for JPSM!"
"Awesome command of material."
"Very engaging and well-organized lectures."
"Lectures were fantastic overall - I love your lecture style, the content and pace of the material, etc. I feel like I learned a TON!"
"Very engaging lectures. Great attitude."
"Krosnick does an excellent job creating a classroom environment where students ask many questions and engage with the course material."
"Instructor was very knowledgable about the course content. His enthusiasm for the topic really showed through his lectures and helped engage me in learning."
"Great, personable instructor."
"Promotes critical thinking by encouraging students to present ideas and debate issues."
"Very open to all questions; enjoyable and relaxed teaching style; great examples; very thorough knowledge of course material."
"The instructor is an excellent teacher."
"Excellent at listening to and taking seriously student ideas and questions."
"Professor Krosnick is obviously an expert in this field, and it was great to be able to learn from him. Also, he's a very dynamic and attention-grabbing lecturer, and also very responsive to student questions and comments in class."
"Amazing attitude, truly inspirational!"
"Perfect instruction; nothing to improve upon."
"Very accessible and approachable, made the course very interesting and inspiring."
"Motivated me to learn more about topic and apply to my research plans. Great attitude and effective presentation."
"Fantastic course. A must for all interested in the topic of survey research."
"This has been one of the most practically applicable classes I've taken and has given me so much more confidence in designing survey questionnaires for my research. This class has also definitely changed my worldview."
"The course content is incredibly useful, and Krosnick is clearly knowledgeable and passionate about questionnaire design."
"This course is super interesting and it is taught in an insightful and engaging way. Professor Krosnick has a lot of experience and knowledge about the topic and does his best to share as much as possible. Awesome course!"
"Essential for anyone hoping to conduct or critique surveys at any point in their career. Extraordinarily useful. Highly recommended."
"Great course that surfaces a lot of issues within questionnaire design - learned a ton that I didn't realize I didn't know!"
"Such a useful class. If you are an undergraduate, do not let the amount of graduate students scare you away. I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to learn survey design from one of the most prominent in the field of survey methodology."
"Great class to take for tips on how to design questionnaires but also mostly applicable for large-scale, in-person interview type surveys in the U.S. context."
"I learned so much about the intricacies of survey methodology and how to determine whether a survey is done accurately."
"I learned a ton about how different measures of public opinion are conducted."
"Very engaging lecture."
"This is a really interesting course."
"Take it! Dr. K. is an amazing instructor."
"This class is super interesting."
"Three hour lectures breeze by!"
"Great class. Learned a lot"
"Professor Krosnick is an interesting guy - definitely an expert in the field, and he knows it."
"I really learned a lot from this class and I know I will continue to use what I learned in the future for all of my future work."