468 - The Lisa Glossary Part 11: Organize 365® Research

<span style="font-weight: 400;">For 2022, we are adding to the Lisa glossary. This week, we are talking about the Organize 365® <a href="organize365.com/research">Research projects</a>. </span> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">No matter when you begin your transformational journey (or when you need to reset or restart), this information will be here as a reference for you. Listen in as I teach you about the ideas and beliefs that are at the core of everything I teach and how I approach organizing.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Several years ago, as I was writing the Organize 365® vision, I knew that I wanted to conduct research to bring to light the organizational needs of Americans. I want to be the go-to resource for knowledge about home and paper organization.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I legitimately had no idea how to do research surveys and data analysis. Recently, I have been learning about the difference between market research and academic research. Organize 365® is now sponsoring academic-level study and third-party data collection backed by Harrisburg University. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Research always starts with a hypothesis — what you think the result will be. I wanted research results that showed that women are doing the majority of the work at home. But, that’s now what we found. We have started to share our initial research findings.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As I learn more about research, we really end up with more questions. One of the steps in research is to define every term used in study surveys. For example, you cannot ask a participant about “mental health” because that term is too broad and open to interpretation. However, you can ask about anxiety or depression. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When we developed the first survey, I needed to figure out how to define “housework.” The research questions ended up focusing on four different types of housework.</span></p> <p><strong>Cleaning</strong