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The evolution of the market researcher

This paper shows the development and the volume of market research in a "biogram". This type of graph is commonly used in evolutionary theory and visualises how long it took a species or a profession, for that matter to reach the present state of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1975: Quality In Research

Author: Werner Wyss

Company: SCOPE Qualitative Research AG

August 1, 1975

The evolution of the market researcher (German)

This paper shows the development and the volume of market research in a "biogram". This type of graph is commonly used in evolutionary theory and visualises how long it took a species or a profession, for that matter to reach the present state...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1975: Quality In Research

Author: Werner Wyss

Company: SCOPE Qualitative Research AG

August 1, 1975

Measures of association and correlation

One of the most important uses of statistical analysis is to investigate the associations or relationships between different variables. Understanding these relationships is of importance to an investigator for several reasons: It helps in the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Teach-In Seminar 1995: All You Ever Wanted To Know About Sampling, Statistics And Questionnaires

Author: Paul Fatti

February 14, 1995

Does fusion-on-the-fly really fly?

This paper presents a quick data fusion algorithm (known as predictive isotonic fusion) that is customized on a case-by-case basis. The accuracy of this data fusion for target group ratings was compared against a commercially available syndicated...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF WAM Conference 2003: Media Mix

Authors: Michelle de Montigny, Roland Soong

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

June 18, 2003

The qualitative approaches and their anticipatory function (French)

How can future factors be detected by a qualitative approach? Two considerations flow from that question: 1. The emergence of new experiences and perceptions remains latent in large part for lack of concepts, of mental images, of words to define them...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1986: Anticipation And Decision Making

Authors: Jean Deslandes, Sylvie Motte

June 15, 1986

The future development of international research...

The paper looks at the extent to which the development of international market research has paralleled the development of international and multi-national marketing. It considers the growth and development of global marketing and the emergence of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1988: International Marketing Reserarch

Author: John R. Goodyear

June 15, 1988

The need for better consumer research to improve new technology forecasts

There is great interest in the development of television technologies such as PVRs, VOD and Interactive TV. Forecasting the consumer response to these new technologies should take the recent history of technology forecasting into account in order to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF WAM Conference 2003: Television

Author: Horst Stipp

June 17, 2003

The use of consumer panels for readership prediction

This paper will pay attention to readership prediction of new magazines based on panel data. First a short description will be given of the panel- method in general and of the way readership data are collected. This will be followed by a short...

Catalogue: Seminar 1976: Research Into Distribution Problems And Consumer Purchasing Behaviour For The Publishing Industry

Authors: Coen C. J. de Koning, Jan L.N. Molenaar

December 1, 1976

How to predict the sensitivity of demand to price

The purpose of this paper is to describe how a user can predict sensitivity of demand to price for consumer products. The trademarked name for the technique is $9.99 Price Testing. However, the technique itself is simply an application of classic...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1988

Author: Joel N. Axelrod

September 1, 1988