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Questionnaire monotony endangers the comparability of results

But monotony is powerful enough to adulterate the results. Noelle Neumann proved that the influence of monotony was visible even in simple inquiries, for example when ascertaining readership figures of daily newspapers. If the questionnaire was...

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

Author: Erp Ring

Company: Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach GmbH

September 5, 1976

An exercise in trade-off

The paper demonstrates how a very simple approach was applied to a particular problem of 'Trade Off'. As part of a large scale survey into the public knowledge of, and attitudes towards Local Authority Financing, Research Surveys of Great Britain...

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

Author: John R. Lawford

September 1, 1976

PAKOM: The price-sales functions of competing brands

This model, which is called PAKOM from the initials of its German name, concerns itself with the effects of price differences and indicates what influence the price policy for a product has on the level of sales, against the background of competitor...

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

Author: Klaus Kornobis

Company: Nielsen

September 1, 1976

TV advertising pre-testing

This is a case history of an attempt to use established, non- innovative research techniques to construct a system of T. V. advertisement pre-testing which could provide actionable results. For marketing management the research results must relate...

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

Author: Roger S. Parkyn

September 1, 1976

How should a product score in a blind test to stand a chance in the market?

On the basis of practical research experience gained over many years the author has formulated guidelines for the interpretation of product test results. These guidelines are minimum ratings a product should score in a product test if it is to have a...

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

Author: Jörg Rehorn

September 1, 1976

Energy saving in private households

This paper describes the research programme carried out on the U.K. domestic energy conservation programme from summer 1974 up to 1976. On the basis of ad hoc attitude surveys, depth research, re-interviews, consumer panels and surveys of the retail...

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

Authors: Nicholas Phillips, Elizabeth H. Nelson

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

September 1, 1976

NSS: Pricesensitivity-meter (PSM)

In this paper we present a new technique for the measurement of price-perception in surveys. The technique is partly based on earlier research in this field but incorporates important new features. The approach is essentially psychometric. The...

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

Author: Peter H. van Westendorp

September 1, 1976

The use of qualitative research in the development of effective advertising

This paper outlines how the authors use qualitative research on rough anamatic commercials to develop finished advertising films. It describes the way in which we believe research should be used and tries to spell out the principles upon which the...

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

Authors: David Cowan, Chris Cowpe

September 1, 1976

Fiesta

This paper describes a comprehensive, Europe-wide program of marketing research carried out over a period of four years to assist development of an entirely new Ford small car: Fiesta. The research program, which was an integral part of the car's...

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

Authors: R. P. Smith, C. A. Molloy

September 1, 1976