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Multimedia CATI/CAPI

The paper concentrates on two new tools for data collection developed by Infratest Burke in conjunction with Quantime in 1994. The first part demonstrates the value of using scanned images in a CAPI process. Computer-assisted personal interviewing...

Catalogue: Seminar 1995: Information Technology- How Can Research Keep Up With The Peace Of Change

Author: Matthias Thomae

Companies: Burke, Inc.,

January 1, 1995

Evolution, not revolution

Digital delivery of TV and other digitally-delivered services is about to begin in the United Kingdom. Data gathered by the futura.com panel which was set up in 1996 indicate that consumer interest and potential uptake may be less rapid than...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF Seminar 1998: Electronic Media And Measurement Trends

Author: Michael Svennevig

June 15, 1998

Quantitative research

The data collection methodology used will be dictated largely by the sample within the universe in which you wish to interview and the overall survey design. However, it is important to understand what different data collection methodologies are...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: Didy Ward

September 1, 1998

Creating competitive intellectual capital

As organizations evolve from multi-domestic to transnational they need to develop new ways of obtaining sharing and acting upon marketing information. The technological advances that led to the ‘marketing information revolution’ now...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Author: Hans-Willi Schroiff

September 1, 1998

Data mining VS. conventional analysis

The paper performs a comparison of data mining tools with conventional tools. It is focused on the analysis of issues such as if the new techniques are better than the older ones if so in which sense and when we should apply them. The effort is...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Author: Luiz Sá Lucas

September 1, 1998

Faster and more effective decision-making through web-based reporting

This paper provides an overview of web-based reporting across a number of dimensions, including why the web should be considered for data reporting; which research applications are most suitable for the web; and what considerations are important when...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Net Effects 2001

Author: Wally Balden

Company: Maritz Research

February 11, 2001

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

From CS to CRM

Although market research firms strive to be more integral to their client's business process, several fundamental characteristics inherent to the way market research is conducted today represent barriers to this integration.New technologies are...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2004: Integrating Marketing Research in Business

Authors: Vanessa Oshima, Mark Ferris

September 19, 2004

Hunting B2B technology innovations

Developing innovative applications for existing data sources and techniques is the hallmark of good research organizations. Researchers and strategists optimize their investment in data and methodological expertise when they effectively repurpose...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2004: Integrating Marketing Research in Business

Authors: R. Scott Evans, Anne P. Bartlett

September 19, 2004