Archive: research fundamentals

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Are traditional views of insights outdated in today’s fast-paced business environment?

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The 7 keys for helping clients navigate COVID-19.

Brooke Patton explores how machine learning can help market researchers reduce timing and costs, and some of its challenges.

In this Monthly Dose of Design, get caught up with the fundamentals for market researchers and make your work stand out.

Marketing scientist Kevin Gray asks Professor Frank Harrell about some important things we often get wrong about statistics.

Ron Sellers likes to participate as a research respondent to keep up with the industry. What he found in his inbox was discouraging.

With all the current buzz topics in Market Research, it’s also important to focus on strong fundamentals including sample and data quality.

Overcome silos in the market research process by combining different parts of the data puzzle from the beginning to make them work together.

The two essential questions you should ask your data provider to gain a better understanding of research participants – and why it matters.

Looking at three areas of pain in the insights industry, and how to ease those pain points.

Experimentation is an often underutilized tool in research that should be used more often to test ideas to see if they truly work.

Ray Poynter discusses the scientific method and how it can be applied to the process of finding insights in commercial organizations.

Automating certain elements of the research process allows you to focus on gathering insights and connecting with consumers.

Talent shortage? Could very well happen if the way in which we hire and train the people doesn’t keep pace with change.

How can we have confidence in the future of our industry when a major research vendor has so little basic research competence?

What clients are looking for when they are asking for an agile market research solution is a quick consumer read.

Mixing data collection modes is bad research and no amount of convenience or expediency will change that.

Continuous consumer touch points lead to more intimacy and better outcomes when it comes to new products and marketing campaigns.

Agile Market Research represents a different approach to manage market research. It takes its inspiration from agile development and values.

Fieldwork to many researchers is frequently the least exciting part of a project, but it is a critical part of your success as a researcher.

To ensure insights are linked to strategy and decision making, it is essential to integrate Action Planning into the MR process.