Resources Library by ANA

Multimode, global scale usage

What is the impact of using 4-, 5-, 7-, 10- and 100-point scales on the internal consistency and reliability of survey data? What is the impact of using rich media and plain scales on the consistency and reliability of mobile survey data? Does the...

Catalogue: Congress 2013: Think Big

Authors: Annie Pettit, Melanie Courtright, Kartik Pashupati, Roddy Knowles

Company: Research Now SSI

September 26, 2013

My mum's throne room

If you asked a group of mothers what they would miss most from their home if it all disappeared would you really expect them to say the toilet? We did that excercise in a few South East Asian cities among the new urban classes and despite their...

Catalogue: Congress 2013: Think Big

Author: Dave McCaughan

September 26, 2013

Organizational research reinvigoration

As a top five Internet company, AOL has historically struggled with the role of research, analytics and insights. In the past two years, however, the company re- oriented itself around the voice of the consumer. In doing so, research became a...

Catalogue: Congress 2013: Think Big

Authors: Cortney Henseler, Christian Kugel

September 26, 2013

A whole new world

A group of citizens called Khon Thai (Thai people) have a passionate mission to promote a harmonious society and to raise the quality of life for the Thai people. Market research is renowned for its ability to improve the quality of products and...

Catalogue: Congress 2013: Think Big

Author: Daranee Charoen-Rajapark

Company: GfK

September 26, 2013

Best of both worlds?

Online access panels have enabled cheap survey research to proliferate in the past decade. However, the results obtained from these convenience panels can be biased and unrepresentative due to the sampling methods employed. Sample matching against a...

Catalogue: Congress 2013: Think Big

Authors: Pete Doe, Robert Smith

Company: Nielsen

September 26, 2013

Do emotions in advertising drive sales?

Ads that evoke emotions keep us entertained and are more memorable, but do they really drive product sales? To answer this question, we use facial coding to quantitatively measure people’s tacit emotional responses to ads, and then model the...

Catalogue: Congress 2013: Think Big

Authors: Evan Kodra, Rana El Kaliouby, Laurent Larguinat, Daniel McDuff

September 26, 2013

Feel nothing, do nothing

We know now more than ever about what people do online, but very little about why, and how it makes them feel. MasterCard approached BrainJuicer to help them better understand on-line purchasing and payment behaviour. What we learned deepened and...

Catalogue: Congress 2013: Think Big

Authors: Koen De Vos, Tom Ewing, Joost Vastenavondt, Orlando Wood

September 26, 2013

Less facts, more fiction: Expanding research's mind

For years, the value of research has come under scrutiny because we have tended to place significant value on the mechanics of what we do, as if somehow, by seeking to justify and explain research's purity and rigour, we are able to hike up its...

Catalogue: Congress 2013: Think Big

Authors: Leanne Tomasevic, Elizabeth Lonergan, James Ebdon

September 26, 2013