Innovation Panel

A tool for survey methodology research

Understanding Society is innovative in several respects, for example, the study will:

• use additional modes of interviewing
• collect qualitative and visual data, and
• be linked with information from other sources.    

To guide the development and implementation of this innovation, Understanding Society includes a separate sample (or sub-sample), referred to as the "Innovation Panel", which is selected and interviewed for methodological development and testing purposes. The Innovation Panel is an essential tool to aid good decision making and ensure the long-term health of Understanding Society.