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The future of market and social research is qualitative

This is the story of a collaboration of ESOMAR Foundation/Paragon Partnership, BBC Media, Big Sofa, and experienced qualitative researchers from all over the world, coming together to solve an important industry issue - the quality of qualitative...

Catalogue: Congress 2018

Authors: Phyllis MacFarlane, Sonia Whitehead

Company: GfK

September 23, 2018

Hello quintastics!

This study showcases how combining methods to form a 360° approach can provide mind-blowing insights and lead the field of qualitative research into new directions. In this whitepaper, we share why we embarked on this research, what we did, how we...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2017: Back to the future

Authors: Liesbeth Gerritsen, Pernille Kok-Jensen, Sandra van Vemden

Company: MARE

October 30, 2017

Recruiting fast and screening slow

Whether you provide your recruitment partner with a detailed screener, a persona pen portrait, or a quick list of bullet points, you may give little thought to exactly how and in what context those screening questions are asked during recruitment....

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

Author: Maya Middlemiss

Company: Saros Research Ltd

November 16, 2016

Just married!

This paper uses a case study to shed light on the methodological possibilities that open up with the combination of social media listening and ore traditional qualitative interviewing techniques. It demonstrates on an applied level how the confluence...

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

Authors: Ilka Kuhagen, Daniel Fazekas

November 16, 2016

Bringing mindfulness into micro moments

In an ideal world, we would all be mindful every moment of our lives & keep track of exactly how we feel and what we are thinking. However, about 47% of our waking hours are spent thinking about what isn't going on. Consumer research often relies...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2016: Get Connected!

Authors: Sushma Panchawati, Jayadevan Ambat, Prithvi Raj, Ravi Dixit

Company: Nielsen

May 19, 2016

Adding the sparkle to immersion research

The Listening Project, a collaborative immersion project, enabled multiple clients to gain a holistic understanding of their customers. Qualitative data was collected in ethnographic interviews, qualitative online board, diaries, and projective...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2015: Creative! Collaborative! Cool!

Author: Colleen Ryan

Company: TRA

November 18, 2015

Too much genius, not enough wisdom

Three experienced researchers - one from a major UK client and two from the supply side - COLLABORATE to argue we are entering a post quantitative world, a world in which the skills of qualitative researchers are in high demand.Clients want wisdom as...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2015: Creative! Collaborative! Cool!

Authors: Frances Williams, Helen Clark

November 18, 2015

Is technology eating qualitative research?

This paper examines the phenomena of digital disruption on qualitative research businesses, specifically the impact of technology on top line growth, and how qualitative businesses have coped with this. We will test the hypothesis that the impact of...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2015: Creative! Collaborative! Cool!

Authors: Ellen Baron, Ben White

Company: Ruby Cha Cha

November 18, 2015

When joys of consumption have shades of grey?

Thew purpose of this paper is to dissect this intricate phenomenon and argue that grey emotions (twisted, ambiguous and double edged sentiments which people secretly and maliciously enjoy and and which are different from negative emotions) often act...

Catalogue: Global Qualitative 2015: Creative! Collaborative! Cool!

Author: Sandeep Dutta

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

November 18, 2015