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Cultural values in market and opinion research

The term ‘value’ has many meanings. In market research we meet the term most often in the phrase ‘value for money’ but also in the notion ‘consumer values’. The latter is our concern here. Values in this sense are the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: Hans L. Zetterberg

September 1, 1998

Data mining for brand building

This paper demonstrates the potential power of data mining modem single-source consumer databases. The use of a database containing information collected from young people in several European countries to provide much of the insight usually obtained...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Authors: Rosemary Ford, Adam Phillips, Andrea Mezzasalma

Company: GfK

September 1, 1998

Data processing and analysis

This chapter describes the data processing and data analysis stages of the quantitative market research process. These steps follow after data have been collected by interviewers, respondents or via automated registration systems. They are followed...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: Niels J. Grommé

September 1, 1998

Communication of research results

The challenge of results presentation: achieve speed and clarity, without stripping out any important substance from the findings. The answer is conciseness, i.e. being short yet complete. Also important, is modesty, to present the results and the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: Yves Marbeau

September 1, 1998

Summary of the ESOMAR guideline on interviewing minors

A considerable amount of market research is carried out among minors (respondents aged under 18 years) for both commercial and sociological purposes. This is a legitimate and valuable form of research but, as the ICC/ESOMAR International Code of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

September 1, 1998

The Eurowinter project

This paper describes how an international research project using standard quota sampling methods was used as part of an epidemiological study investigating the relationships between cold weather and excess winter mortality in eight different...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Author: Colin McDonald

Company: McDonald's Corporation

September 1, 1998

Consumer panels

The word ‘panel’ describes a continuous collection of identical information from a sample which represents a segment of a population to study. It is by definition permanent and repetitive. There are as many varieties of panels as there are...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Authors: Denis Delmas, Dominique Levy

September 1, 1998

Opinion polling

This chapter focuses on the use of research of the public to provide results and analysis for publication in the media or for use by political parties andcandidates.

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: Humphrey Taylor

September 1, 1998

Plenty of data, but are we doing enough to fill the information gap?

The purpose of this paper is to determine the current role and perceived effectiveness of market research in the context of corporate decision making and brand development; understand more about the reasons for these frustrations with the market...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Authors: Stephen Bairfelt, Fiona Spurgeon

September 1, 1998