# Blog

Articles on running surveys in Jamaica, including posts restored from our original site since 2011.

- [Main constraints on women-owned firms in the Caribbean](/blog/caribbean-women-owned-firms/)
- [Green strategies to reduce flooding in the Caribbean](/blog/green-strategies-caribbean-flooding/)
- [Hotel review rankings, July 2020](/blog/jamaica-hotel-rankings-july-2020/)
- [Why Jamaican boys underperform in school](/blog/jamaican-boys-school/)
- [Trademark surveys have to survive a court's test](/blog/trademark-surveys/)
- [How a small firm should use market research](/blog/market-research-small-firms/)
- [Jamaican schools should use data to improve performance](/blog/data-driven-schools/)
- [From the field: Balcostics projects, 2014 to 2017](/blog/from-the-field-2014-2017/)
- [Six steps for a useful focus group](/blog/focus-group-steps/)
- [How to fix Jamaica's justice system in five years](/blog/fix-jamaica-justice-system/)
- [The data problem in Jamaica's courts](/blog/jamaica-court-data/)
- [The myth that Apple skips market research](/blog/apple-market-research/)
- [How to check a business idea with customers](/blog/validate-a-business-idea/)
- [Correlation or causation: common errors in data analysis](/blog/correlation-or-causation/)
- [Jamaica's biggest problems are opportunities](/blog/jamaica-problems-opportunities/)
- [What the 2013 SME conference survey found](/blog/jamaica-sme-survey-2013/)
- [User research for innovation](/blog/user-research-for-innovation/)
- [Market research and emerging markets](/blog/market-research-emerging-markets/)
- [Market research basics](/blog/market-research-basics/)
- [Is market research useful for a small business?](/blog/market-research-small-business/)
- [Survey tips from 15 years of fieldwork](/blog/survey-tips-from-our-archive/)
- [Pros and cons of online surveys](/blog/online-surveys/)
- [A short guide to running a survey](/blog/run-your-own-survey/)
- [Prepare for the telephone interview](/blog/telephone-interview/)
- [Questions to ask of each item](/blog/questions-for-a-questionnaire/)
- [Questionnaire design matters most](/blog/questionnaire-design/)


Source: https://balcostics.com/blog/