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Some observations on the client-agency relationship in social survey research in the U.K.

This paper examines some aspects of the working relationship between clients and the personnel of commercial research agencies in the UK. From an examination of a number of actual projects, some indicators are proposed of factors likely to promote a...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Gerry E. Levens

December 1, 1977

Industrial relations research

The paper describes the objectives of industrial relations research and actions that can stem from their findings, the problem in getting companies (at least in Britain) to undertake industrial relations research studies in the first instance a act...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Robert M. Worcester

Company: IPSOS

November 30, 1977

The interviewee as a human being

The establishment of the survey method and formulation of the survey instruments is of central importance in empirical social research. But they (the above), are frequently seen instrumentally, but not conceptually - especially in the area of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Ways And New Ways Of Data Collection

Authors: Werner Brög, Karl-Heinz Neumann

November 1, 1977

Car owner's attitude change

In this paper we discuss some of the results and implications of an experimental study of changes in car owners' attitudes to their cars. In particular, we are interested in how their attitudes develop from the time the car is first purchased through...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Ways And New Ways Of Data Collection

Author: Douglas J. Johnson

November 1, 1977

Specific problems of data collection and data control in industrial survey research

The purpose of this paper is to discuss certain specific problems associated with the collection of data in industrial survey research and to present information control procedures which can be set up to remedy those difficulties. It is proposed in...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Ways And New Ways Of Data Collection

Author: Daniel Debomy

November 1, 1977

Getting back to basics

We thus set out to find a panel of Self Determined Men in the U.K. whose life style, leisure activities, interests, values, attitudes, opinions, self-image, shopping, media habits and personality type we could study. Getting to know the personality,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Ways And New Ways Of Data Collection

Authors: Barbara Mostyn, David Walters

November 1, 1977

Protocol analysis

One of the most striking developments in data collection procedures in the U.S. over the past several years has been the increasing interest shown in protocol analysis. Protocol analysis aims to examine the individual's choice process in making...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Ways And New Ways Of Data Collection

Authors: Jean-François Boss, Susan P. Douglas

November 1, 1977

Some advantages of self completed questionnaire in surveys on life styles or socio cultural trends

Studies on life styles or socio-cultural trends, which are generally based on questionnaires with 200 to 300 items or questions, usually involves the administering of self-completed questionnaires. This method not only has the advantage of being more...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Ways And New Ways Of Data Collection

Authors: Yves Rickebusch, Corinne Polycarpe

November 1, 1977

Quantitative research into insole variants

The current study was designed to elicit consumerperceptions and evaluations of Odor Eater and SchollOdour-Destroying Cushion Insoles in a blind paired comparison, in-use situation.A previous report (B225) contains an analysis of reactionsto the...

Catalogue: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive Collection

Author: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive

November 1, 1977