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Summary of the ESOMAR guideline on interviewing minors

A considerable amount of market research is carried out among minors (respondents aged under 18 years) for both commercial and sociological purposes. This is a legitimate and valuable form of research but, as the ICC/ESOMAR International Code of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: ESOMAR B.V.

September 1, 1998

The Eurowinter project

This paper describes how an international research project using standard quota sampling methods was used as part of an epidemiological study investigating the relationships between cold weather and excess winter mortality in eight different...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Author: Colin McDonald

Company: McDonald's Corporation

September 1, 1998

Consumer panels

The word ‘panel’ describes a continuous collection of identical information from a sample which represents a segment of a population to study. It is by definition permanent and repetitive. There are as many varieties of panels as there are...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Authors: Denis Delmas, Dominique Levy

September 1, 1998

Opinion polling

This chapter focuses on the use of research of the public to provide results and analysis for publication in the media or for use by political parties andcandidates.

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: Humphrey Taylor

September 1, 1998

Plenty of data, but are we doing enough to fill the information gap?

The purpose of this paper is to determine the current role and perceived effectiveness of market research in the context of corporate decision making and brand development; understand more about the reasons for these frustrations with the market...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Authors: Stephen Bairfelt, Fiona Spurgeon

September 1, 1998

Quality and ethics in market research and social research

Quality in marketing and opinion research is difficult to define, as it means different things to different people. To some, it means carrying out research studies in accordance with current best practice, using methodologies which are ‘state of...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: Ivor Shalofsky

September 1, 1998

Harmonisation of global television and radio audience measurements

Television is increasingly an international medium that transcends country boundaries. Similarly, for radio there is nowadays a keen interest in being able to compare audiences between markets. The requirement, therefore, for audience systems...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Authors: Peter Menneer, Gabe Samuels

September 1, 1998

Introduction

ESOMAR’s mission is to promote the use of opinion and marketing research, for improving decision making in business and society, worldwide. This Handbook aims to promote the highest technical and ethical standards and, by doing so, builds on...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Handbook Of Market And Opinion Research

Author: Juergen Schwoerer

September 1, 1998

Managing the knowledge

What is knowledge? What does one need to know? How is knowledge created? These questions should lead to an answer as to whether knowledge management is just another new term in modern management science or whether knowledge is of value for strategy...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1998: The Power Of Knowledge

Author: Franz Tessun

September 1, 1998