Buy civic insight without buying political identities.

Define the research

Describe the jurisdiction, research question, eligibility, methodology, timing and desired aggregate outputs. A public body, university, newsroom, foundation or other legitimate sponsor can propose research suited to a disclosed civic purpose.

An inquiry begins a review. It is not acceptance of a mission, a promise of recruitment or a guarantee of a preferred finding.

Put the terms in front of participants

Participants must see the sponsor, purpose, requested access, intended use, reward, retention and publication rules before they authorize participation. No hidden sponsorship. No viewpoint-based compensation.

The mission requests only the data and capabilities it needs. Participants retain control of their underlying identity and profile.

Buy the defined product

Outputs may include aggregate distributions, group-level trends, issue comprehension, trade-offs, conditions, confidence and subgroup results above privacy thresholds. The report includes methodology and limitations.

The purchase does not include raw identifiable profiles, participant targeting rights or unrestricted control of identity records. Any release must respect the mission's permissions and privacy thresholds.

Read findings with their limits

Participation does not automatically produce a representative sample of a municipality. Recruitment, eligibility, missing data and response provenance affect interpretation. Human-confirmed responses and participant-authorized agent executions must remain distinguishable in the analysis.

Propose a founding mission

We review proposals for participant risk, privacy, neutrality, research integrity and compatibility with sponsor standards. The proposed founding pilot provides a bounded setting to connect public evidence, authorized participation and transparent aggregate results.

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