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Theory and application of multivariate methods (dependence)

In our data matrix we have one variable of particular interest and we wish to see how it is affected by movements in a single explanatory variable. For example, the variable we might be interested in is Sales in £mn and we may wish to know how it...

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

Author: Paul Harris

February 14, 1995

A comparative analysis of alternative segmentation methodologies

Using behavioral data, two alternative segmentation methodologies, regression and cluster analysis, were compared on the basis of rigor, reliability, parsimony, interpretability and strategic implications for retailers. Regression analysis is the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1989

Authors: Douglas J. Tigert, Stephen J. Arnold

September 1, 1989

Analysis of the effect on grocery sales of different promotional strategies

This paper describes the results of a study designed to measure the effects of different promotional activities in stores. Regression analysis, using dummy variables, was used to analyse data obtained from an experimental design incorporating twelve...

Catalogue: Paper 1982: Profitable Cooperation Of Manufactures And Retailers

Author: John Rice

June 15, 1982

A research design to predict telephone usage among Bell System business customers

Very few full scale marketing studies have been made of the purchasing behaviour of the total business market because of its diversity and complexity. The Bell System furnishes telecommunications services to the entire gamut of business enterprises,...

Catalogue: Seminar 1973: Industrial Marketing Research- Sampling And Interviewing Problems

Authors: Henry Assael, R. B. Ellis

January 1, 1973

A cost-effective way for testing outdoor creatives

The paper describes an analysis of outdoor creatives and its effect on aided recall of the outdoor campaign. We have analyzed 116 outdoor campaigns.For each of the campaigns, the following data were available: a photo of the poster, number of sites,...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF WAM Conference 2005: Outdoor/Out-of-Home

Author: Andraz Zorko

June 20, 2005

A comparison of sales forecasting methods

The purpose of this article is to present a comparison of three alternative methods for sales forecasting - trend analysis, time series analysis and regression analysis. Rather than looking at the theoretical differences, the focus is on practical...

Catalogue: The European Marketing Research Review 1971

Authors: Spyros Makridakis, Steven Wheelwright

June 15, 1971

The input-output analysis and the multiple regression method as tools of forecasts to the branch of plastics materials

As it is well known, the input-output analysis is a tool of forecasts for inter-sectorial requirements, bused on the hypothesis of the independent development of the final demand. The demand is, therefore, influenced only by exterior elements...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Conference 1963

Authors: Brunello Cartasegna, Iginio Lagioni

June 15, 1963

Discriminant analysis

Discriminant Analysis Models are very similar to regression models, but differ in one important respect. In Discriminant Analysis the key variable of interest Y is now categorised (eg, Buyer = 1, Non-buyer = 0) rather than being continuous like...

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

Author: Paul Harris

February 14, 1995

Forecasting indexes

In 1970, we, at IFOP/ETMAR, worked on perfecting the computation of indexes from opinion surveys. By experience, we knew how important psychological phenomena reveal to explain the evolution of economic realities such as the successful launching of a...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/WAPOR Congress 1971: From Experience To Inovation

Author: B. Roche

Company: IFOP

August 1, 1971