Resources Library by ANA

The ROI imperative

There are no 'silver bullets' in ROI measurement. ROI success and increased client value are most consistently the products of focused client engagement in the ROI process than application of any specific ROI tools or methods.New findings from 135...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2004: Integrating Marketing Research in Business

Authors: Bart Moore, Dee Allsop

September 19, 2004

Better television audience measurement through the research integration of set-top box data

This paper is primarily the report of two different major applications of set-top box data. One application involves the full-time measurement of all 300+ channels over a 12-week period in 8,700 set-top boxes in 6,292 homes in one U.S. market.The...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF WAM Conference 2004: Television

Author: Bill Harvey

June 18, 2004

Day in the life pilot study

This paper describes a pilot study conducted by Mediamark Research, Inc. to determine how adults allocate their media time over the course of an average day.The results of this study are reviewed in terms of cooperation rates, the allocation of media...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF WAM Conference 2004: Cross Media

Authors: Michal Galin, Richard Fielding, Ted D'Amico

June 16, 2004

No free lunch in data fusion/integration

This paper addresses the elusive quest for that one single best method for data integration. The authors assert that this is a fool's quest since at the heart of learning theory is the famous No Free Lunch Theorem which makes this an impossible...

Catalogue: ESOMAR/ARF WAM Conference 2004: Cross Media

Authors: Michelle de Montigny, Roland Soong

June 16, 2004

Migrating consumer research to public policy

This paper presents an approach to sensitive social issues such as terrorism, genetically modified foods, obesity, etc., using state of the art research typically used among consumers: conjoint measurement and segmentation.Rather than relying on...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Public Sector Social Research 2004

Authors: Hollis Ashman, Howard R. Moskowitz, Ira Teich

Company: Moskowitz Jacobs Inc.

May 9, 2004

Consumer choice for over-the-counter drugs and supplements in the health care arena

A framework is presented to understand how consumers respond to eight topics for OTC health care, ranging from simple physical examinations to medicinal shampoo.The objective is to understand how consumers process information about health care, such...

Catalogue: Global Healthcare 2004

Authors: Hollis Ashman, Howard R. Moskowitz, Samuel Rabino, Dorothy Minkus- McKenna, John Himmelstein

Company: Moskowitz Jacobs Inc.

February 22, 2004

Dynamic package design and optimization in the Internet era

This paper presents a systematic approach using conjoint analysis on the Internet to understand how package design factors drive response. The approach differs from conventional methods because the user can create the study, import the necessary...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Conference 2004: Technovate 2

Authors: Rachel Katz, Howard R. Moskowitz, Alex Gofman, Zhenyu Ma, Madhu Manchaiah

Company: Moskowitz Jacobs Inc.

February 1, 2004

Silence behind the mirror

These two presenters are probably among those very few who can allow themselves to converse openly about the efficacy of using research and, in particular, qualitative research by clients. The reason is the 12-year-old unbroken partnership of the two...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Research Conference 2003

Authors: Marta Hoffmann, Gábor Lajtos

Companies: Unilever, KANTAR TNS Malaysia

November 5, 2003

The pursuit of luxury - bling-bling VS. savoir faire

Understanding trends in youth markets is challenging due to the dynamism and fluidity of consumer attitudes. This paper aims to outline how a bricolage approach using creative methodologies can help understand these changing dynamics, and how...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Worldwide Qualitative Research Conference 2003

Authors: Steve Hales, Alexander Maule

Company: Ipsos MRBI

November 5, 2003