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Value for money of qualitative research

This paper describes the results of an experiment which examines the reliability and validity of qualitative research. Two studies of the same marketing problem (a pack test) were conducted and compared: one a qualitative study (6 group discussions),...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1978: Value For Money In Market And Social Research

Authors: Alan Branthwaite, Peter Cooper

Company: QRi Consulting Ltd.

September 1, 1978

A method for improving the results of primary investigation by including the reasons for non-response in sample design and weighting

For years now, one has been able to note ever decreasing rates of exhaustiveness in random surveys. The decrease in exhaustiveness is mainly a phenomenon of the respondents, caused by continually increasing inclination towards non-response. Up to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1975: Quality In Research

Author: Christian von der Heyde

Company: Infratest dimap Gesellschaft fur Trend- und Wahlforschung mbH

August 1, 1975

How to improve the quality of research?

Quality is not a property in itself. It can be stated that quality is always related to costs. This is the reason why one could speak about the quality-cost-complex. Both factors are interrelated. Better research designs or bigger samples or both...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1975: Quality In Research

Authors: Lies Deggeller, Benno Stoppelman

August 1, 1975

An example of syndicate research (French)

This paper shows an example of the optimization and reduction of a research budget. In 1977 an important research took place, based on 700 telephone interviews, 300 complete descriptions of stores, 300 interviews with points of sale managers, and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1978: Value For Money In Market And Social Research

Authors: Jean-Pierre Piotet, Michel Haski, Francis Georgel

September 1, 1978

There are big bucks in issues public issues, corporate management and survey research

This paper is concerned with the rapid growth of survey research on public policy issues commissioned for the private use of companies and corporate management during the 1970's. It discusses the reasons for this growth (which has taken place mainly,...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Seminar 1980: Opinion Polls

Author: Humphrey Taylor

Company: Harris Interactive (Europe)

June 15, 1980

Energy saving in private households

The programme of research described here is ambitious. Not many products have the benefit of so high an expenditure on research. What emerges is the complexity of the consumer’s choice. Admittedly the decision involved is a conscious and...

Catalogue: Market Researchers Look At Advertising: A Collection of ESOMAR papers 1949-1979

Authors: Nicholas Phillips, Elizabeth H. Nelson

June 15, 1980

The cost comparison of market research in Western Europe

One of the things which has consistently puzzled international researchers over the years has been the relationship between the costing of the same job in different countries. This paper represents an attempt to collate a number of job cost...

Catalogue: ICC/ESOMAR Symposium 1984: International Marketing Research

Author: Peter J. Hayes

June 15, 1984

Market research

There is a large number of excellent publications - books, articles, etc. - on the principles, purpose and practice of market research. But few of them give much consideration to the question of how to decide how much market research, in terms of...

Catalogue: The European Marketing Research Review 1967

Author: A. S. Windett

August 1, 1967

Where are we starting from

I want to base on a review of market research expenditure worldwide. It is a notorious truism that the market research industry is among the least well researched of any. Estimates of expenditure are hard to come by and even when found are...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1980: Taking Stock

Author: Eileen Cole

September 1, 1980