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Component analysis in clustering

The last few years have seen a great development of the use of clustering in market research, either for specific operations or as part of more universal operations. These two types of approach - specific or universal - meet different objectives and...

Catalogue: Paper 1978: Analysis of Data

Author: Daniel Caumont

Company: Nestlé

February 1, 1978

Coming to terms with terminals

Without wishing to be openly critical of current methods of research analysis I would like to suggest that data is often accepted at face value because it is thought to be uneconomical or inconvenient to subject the data to more critical testing....

Catalogue: Paper 1978: Analysis of Data

Author: Richard E. Kottler

February 1, 1978

A method for processing Kelly Grids

The classic approach to the construction of a questionnaire containing products perception items involves three phases: - a qualitative phase; - a data reduction phase; - the definitive questionnaire is then drawn up.This paper describes a method...

Catalogue: Paper 1978: Analysis of Data

Authors: Joseph Lion, Jacques Braun

February 1, 1978

Evaluating social persuasion advertising campaigns

The Central Office of Information is a common service agency which prepares publicity for many Government Departments. The paper is concerned with one part of the C.O.I's activity, namely the mounting of advertising campaigns on matters of social...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: John A. Samuels

December 1, 1977

Re-interviewing in attitude surveys

A previous ESOMAR Paper on domestic energy saving discussed an experimental study in which were tested the predictive values of simple attitude statements. This present paper discusses a second experimental study which aims to test the usefulness of...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Authors: Pamela Mills, Elizabeth H. Taylor

Company: KANTAR TNS Malaysia

December 1, 1977

Social research and market research

Market research is social research. If it is not - and every time it is not - social research it is not even "research", in that it cannot claim objectivity nor truth. In the past this has often been forgotten and has led to poor research. We have...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Carlo Erminero

Company: Demoskopea

December 1, 1977

What people say...

Is becoming clearer and clearer that Market Research, as a member of Social Research, does not work exclusively for marketing firms any longer, but often works as well at resolving many types of social problems, this fertile duality seems to be all...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Alain Kling

December 1, 1977

Some social applications of communication research

Within 'social research', as within 'market research', the functions of communication research are: I. to optimise the efficiency of specific communications; II. to assess the effects of communication acts.Its contributions are both direct and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: John M. Caffyn

December 1, 1977

Some observations on the client-agency relationship in social survey research in the U.K.

This paper examines some aspects of the working relationship between clients and the personnel of commercial research agencies in the UK. From an examination of a number of actual projects, some indicators are proposed of factors likely to promote a...

Catalogue: Seminar 1977: Social Research

Author: Gerry E. Levens

December 1, 1977