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Survey methodology done right

Use two rows in "Survey methodology done right" to state the practical decision rules.

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A survey looks like the easy method and is the easiest to get wrong. A badly worded item produces clean-looking numbers that mean nothing and nobody downstream can tell.

At Cursor a survey's job is usually to size something qual already found or to track a metric over time across a developer base too large to interview. That only works if the questions are unbiased and the sample represents who you're claiming to speak for.