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Deconstructing what machine learning does when processing text

Learn how to use machine learning text analytics, from scratch, for free, using open-source R.

Catalogue: Fusion 2019

Author: Ray Poynter

Company: The Future Place

November 10, 2019

Finding and communicating the story in the data

Most people now agree that storytelling is the key to communicating market research insight and that the target is to create impact. However, there is much less agreement and material about the problem of how to find the story in the data. Some...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2016: Get Connected!

Author: Ray Poynter

May 19, 2016

Creating a new playbook

The biggest challenge to the future of qualitative research is that more and more people who do not understand the qualitative paradigm are able to conduct projects, using sophisticated tools, without the knowledge of how to conduct and analyse...

Catalogue: Qualitative 2013: Brilliant Transformations

Author: Ray Poynter

November 20, 2013

Research communities in Asia Pacific

How are research communities being adopted in Asia Pacific - in Japan, China, India, or in Singapore and Vietnam? Is the future more likely to be MROCs or Community Panels, small and qualitative or large and quantitative? Research communities are one...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2013: Asia On The Move

Author: Ray Poynter

April 7, 2013

The Rosetta Stone meets Foucault

Discourse Analysis is a relatively modern field, with most of the breakthroughs and developments occurring in the latter half of the 20th century. Discourse Analysis is not a single method or a single approach to language, rather it is a family of...

Catalogue: 3D Digital Dimensions 2011: (Online + Social Media + Mobile) Research

Author: Ray Poynter

Company: Vision Critical

October 26, 2011

From clipboards to online research communities

Online panels are replacing telephone and face-to-face data collection; increasingly MROCs are replacing more established methods of talking to consumers. What do respondents think about these changes? Are there differences between countries? This...

Catalogue: Congress 2010: The Changing Face Of Market Research

Authors: Jackie Lorch, Steve Cierpicki, Bill Zuo, Cam Davis, Ray Poynter, Keith Phillips, Sue York

Companies: Colmar Brunton, Nielsen, Research Now SSI

September 15, 2010

Will Twitter change the way that market researchers communicate?

Most conference papers and presentations tend to focus on one of the following: users/buyers of products and services, brands, or methodology. This paper, by contrast, looks at market researchers themselves and asks whether social media in general...

Catalogue: Asia Pacific 2010: Eyes on Asia

Authors: Shizue Vieira, Daniel Alexander, Bill Zuo, Amber Coulter, Ray Poynter, Angela Gao

Companies: Colmar Brunton, Fem Marketing House Co. Ltd., Research Now SSI

April 20, 2010

It works for us but does it work for them?

Researchers and marketing organisations are embracing online research communities. But what about the people that get marketed to; and researched? Are consumers, customers, citizens, people, us (you and me when we are not at work!) likely to...

Catalogue: Online Research 2009: Online Panels & Beyond

Authors: Steve Cierpicki, Daniel Alexander, Lou Rubie, Stephanie Alchin, Ray Poynter

Companies: Colmar Brunton, Mars Wrigley

October 29, 2009

Are communities an answer to the economic recession?

The fastest growing aspect of the Research 2.0 revolution is the use of online research communities. When these communities first burst on the scene, in 2006, the talk was all about collaboration, consultation, and ceding control. More recently the...

Catalogue: Congress 2009: Leading The Way

Author: Ray Poynter

September 22, 2009