Resources Library by ANA

Machine learning, digital tracking, and going beyond survey questions to get answers

Machine learning is a concept that has long been applied to many industries that need to use predictive data, and has been used for some time in the online advertising industry. The survey research industry is ideally suited to benefit from machine...

Catalogue: Congress 2017: Visionary

Author: Paul Twite

November 27, 2017

Truth telling in today's world

It’s claimed we live in a post-truth age. Anyone with truth to convey, needs more than ever to do so in a way which resonates & engages. Medieval jesters & comedians alike have been prized for this ability: we must learn from these...

Catalogue: Congress 2017: Visionary

Authors: Stephen Carlin, Will Goodhand

November 9, 2017

It's not market research. It's HBO

Learn from HBO how to transform your market research into fun and engaging ongoing experiences for participants - while you unlock inspiring and actionable insights.

Catalogue: Congress 2017: Visionary

Authors: Adriana Rocha, Ivan Casas, Mariana Gonzalez Cedraro, Laura Pellerano Berga, Susana Aiken

November 9, 2017

Breaking news!

The news media has adapted extremely well to evolving technology to become even more engaging and relevant in peoples' lives. What can we learn from this to increase our impact and relevance as qualitative researchers?

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2017: Back to the future

Author: Shobha Prasad

Company: Drshti Strategic Research Service pvt. Ltd.

January 11, 2017

Enter the experience economy

While the ideal marketing research study drives change, only half of research studies succeed at that goal. Similar to guerilla marketing, the solutions often lie in unconventional and creative ways of engaging the audience, obtaining a maximum...

Catalogue: Congress 2016: #WOW

Author: Thomas Troch

June 15, 2016

Respondent engagement

Automation makes it easy to ask more from our respondents without fully considering the impact on engagement. While video and voice techniques offer hope to increase insight, do these just make it more difficult to engage respondents? We examined the...

Catalogue: Congress 2016: #WOW

Authors: Sherri Stevens, Stefan Kuegler, Jason Morris

June 15, 2016

Authentic amplification or echo chamber?

It's not an 'attention economy' we live in, it's an 'engagement economy'. Engagement is what leads to impact on brand perceptions, yet most brands are still aiming for 'likes' and 'shares' in their social activation. To help brands activate, social...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2016: Get Connected!

Author: Anne Rayner

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 15, 2016

Steering healthier lifestyles

Few novels tell a novel story. Behavioural science can shine new light on the age-old stories of lived experience. Stories are as important as they ever were: they open the door into people's inner worlds, and reveal the other characters and forces...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2016: The Business Value of Intelligent Stories

Authors: Rachel Abbott, Eimear MacGarty

Company: The Behavioural Architects

June 15, 2016

Welcome to the club

Objectivity is the human condition's main mechanism for deciphering the truth and our industry's golden rule. However, is the traditional paradigm of objectivity obstructing our ability to uncover real insight? This paper will show how cultural...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2016: The Business Value of Intelligent Stories

Authors: Steve Hill, Rhiannon Price

Company: Northstar Research

June 15, 2016