Here's how you can effectively gather feedback from clients or stakeholders in a research project.

Firstly, you need to provide the service, and then after a while, you can do a survey using either a questionnaire or internet-generated survey to see whether people are satisfied with the services given or you can see an increase rate of referrals from individuals.

By identifying the goals of the project, you can be able to ask questions about the feedback given should it not address all the research goals. You should be able to clearly articulate why you feel that the feedback is not effective in terms of the goals of the project.

Before seeking feedback: - Clarify your objectives: Determine if you seek validation, improvement suggestions, or overall satisfaction assessment. - Set specific goals: Tailor feedback mechanisms accordingly for effectiveness.

Off course empathy enters in, passively, you have to wear their hats and shoes so perspective is broadened and leaned toward what the stakeholder or the client wants to achieve even without directly gathering feedback from them, just knowing their background, industry and business can give one an insight. However, if you really need to go into the detail, I would allow the client/stakeholder to share his/her input. Otherwise, there's no need for me to be in there if the client/stakeholder has it all figured out and has answers already to his/her research project. Thanks!

Surveys: send structured questionnaires to collect quantitative and qualitative feedback. Interviews: Conduct one-on-one or group interviews for in-depth insights. Feedback Forms: Provide easy-to-use forms during meetings or online. Regular Check-ins: Schedule periodic reviews and updates to solicit ongoing feedback. Focus Groups: Organize sessions with diverse participants to discuss and gather varied perspectives

When it comes to determine methods in social sciences, the purpose of the study can help you determine what is that you are going to choose. For example: if you are looking at a population of people with rare diseases, you will prefer going towards a qualitative analysis over a quantitative type.

Leading questions can derail a project and waste valuable time. As a new attorney, I was once tasked with addressing an issue related to the sale of delinquent properties. I made assumptions about the stakeholders involved and framed all my questions based on these assumptions. Consequently, the work product I delivered was entirely off base. If I had asked more open-ended questions that required the stakeholders to answer with more than a simple "yes" or "no" and allowed them to give more details so that I better understood the problem we were trying to solve, I could have saved several hours and delivered the work product much earlier.

Generally, there's no point for the researcher to be onboard other than the client/stakeholder needing the service. Passively, you can check on the industry and line of business the stakeholder is at, and s/he would like to be involve and engage in the process because his/her business is at stake so his/her feedback is shared to the researcher willingly. But if not, and the researcher has to draw it, gathering feedback will always be confined within the business where the stakeholder operates. And, i think the line of communication will always be open so that the research project will be well accounted for and will then be a shared success.