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How to analyse heterogenous data?

In many cases, data collected in the same questionnaire are measured at different levels: nominal, ordinal, interval or ratio. For several years, new methods allow to analyse qualitative and/or heterogeneous data. They are based on the optimal...

Catalogue: Paper 1978: Analysis of Data

Author: Jean-Marie Bouroche

February 1, 1978

Terminals versus Minis

Thus a firm 'producing' marketing studies from survey data tries to control all of the different phases: conceptualization, fieldwork, data processing and interpretation of the final results. Our goal here is to study the question of the data...

Catalogue: Paper 1978: Analysis of Data

Author: Bernard Morin

February 1, 1978

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

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

Interview-based research

The paper firstly examines the role of the interviewer - the traditional means of data collection - in market and social research. It suggests that there are areas in which our field forces have a constructive and active function in our work,...

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

Author: Michael Warren

November 1, 1977

The telephonic group discussion: Is it really a new way?

This paper describes both technical conditions and qualitative aspects of telephonic group-discussions after three years of experience with this tool. Collecting different subscribers by telephone in a way that they can communicate freely together is...

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

Author: Ralph Weill

Company: Konso Ltd.

November 1, 1977

Research for financial and investment marketing decisions

In an attempt to contribute something to new product development and in accordance with the Congress theme of "Research for Decision Making" this paper concentrates on the use of research for innovation in financial and investment marketing, and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1977: Research For Decision Making

Author: Mervyn Flack

Company: Harris Interactive (Europe)

August 28, 1977

Managing data for decision making

This paper discuss how computer based information system can improve the problem solving capabilities of marketing services thereby contributing to more effective decision malting within both the marketing and sales functions. The information source...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Marketing Management Information Systems

Author: C. J. McCallum

June 15, 1977

Express: An interactive marketing and sales management information system

All businesses are faced with gathering information from various sources to enable decision-making to be carried out for the profitability of the organisation as a result of analysing the data. The data can be very varied in its origin. Tor instance,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Marketing Management Information Systems

Authors: T. Book, P. Latour

June 15, 1977