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The transferability of rating scale techniques to an African population

The purpose of the study was to select the most appropriate scale for the measurement of Africans' satisfaction with their transport services. Four types of scale (verbal, numerical, visual and graphic) were selected. Two types of each of these...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1980: Taking Stock

Authors: N. Morris, Pat van der Reis

September 1, 1980

Social research in the field of new public technologies

In response to the growing traffic problems in our towns, new urban transportation systems - in particular cabin taxis - have been developed in the Federal Republic of Germany in the last few years. Since the construction and economic operation of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: Social Research in the Public Sector

Author: Gerd Krampe

December 1, 1978

A low-cost approach to the development of a new sales management tool

The problem we had to resolve was of the simplest kind - the kind that can be handled in a matter of seconds by referring either to experience or to the findings of a survey panel, at least for a business working in ordinary kinds of market: that of...

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

Authors: Jean-Louis Laborie, Michel Barjanski

September 1, 1978

A low-cost approach to the development of a new sales management tool (French)

The problem we had to resolve was of the simplest kind - the kind that can be handled in a matter of seconds by referring either to experience or to the findings of a survey panel, at least for a business working in ordinary kinds of market: that of...

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

Authors: Michel Barjanski, Jean-Louis Laborie

September 1, 1978

Advertising communication on behalf of a government body

Since 1975, the Roads and Traffic Division has been faced with the problem of a rapid increase in traffic hold-ups at the beginning of the holiday periods. The aim of the Roads Division was thus to obtain a better spread of holiday departures through...

Catalogue: Seminar 1978: The Business Of Advertising

Author: Francois de Montmarin

June 14, 1978

Strategies of increasing carpooling behavior among urban commuters

This paper represents an application of a theory of social change to the area of increasing carpooling (ride-sharing) behavior among urban commuters. The paper at first briefly describes alternative strategies of changing social behavior as proposed...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Authors: Jagdish N. Sheth, Abraham D. Horowitz

December 1, 1977

An alternative to transportation

The paper focuses upon the issues involved in travel/communication substitution, a topic given much greater prominence in recent years due to rapidly escalating costs of travel and energy shortages. The purpose of this paper is to present a general...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1977: Research For Decision Making

Authors: K. L. McGown, P. I. Weintraus

August 28, 1977

A study of vehicle speed measurement using film techniques

This paper describe the development and use of an innovatory technique of studying motoring behaviour, with particular reference to a precise measurement of speed. The technique developed involves continuous filmed records of road traffic and has to...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Authors: Lynda Waters, K. M. Macafee

June 15, 1976

Freight transport research international route assessment

This paper examines the problems facing freight traffic route assessment caused primarily by the complex structure of the freight business. It then examines the traditional quantitative approach to research in this area showing the practical...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Author: Nicholas M. Rubashow

Company: Makro Research Services Ltd. Co.

June 15, 1976