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Sampling Is Easy
Sampling is really easy. You just need to know where your target audience is. Whether they have a computer at home or have to go to a public library to borrow one. Whether they have a mobile phone to … Continue reading
What is a Booster Sample in Marketing Research Studies and When Should You Use One?
“Additional interviews involving a particular sub-group of a sample to ensure there are sufficient members of the sub-group in the resulting sample.” – Insights Association glossary Let’s consider an example. Suppose you are conducting a nationally representative study of an … Continue reading
How To Clean A Marketing Research Questionnaire Dataset
Depending on who you talk to, cleaning market research data files for use with advanced statistical analyses takes between 50% and 95% of the total time spent working on a dataset. It’s the only way to ensure that the results … Continue reading
Why Don’t Research Access Panels Match Census Demographics?
When you need to gather opinions from hundreds or thousands of people from across the country, research access panels are a great option. People have already consented to be contacted and share their opinions about a variety of topics, and … Continue reading
What if everything you’re doing to design a marketing research study is wrong?
Chances are, most everything you’re doing when it comes to marketing research is based on a template. You’ve got standardized questionnaire modules that you tweak and edit so that they’re relevant to each project. You’ve got a set of 3 … Continue reading
Decreasing Data Precision to Achieve Increased Sample Sizes: A bold, wise move from Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada recently announced a trial usage of Random Tabular Adjustment, RTA in their publicly released datafiles (read the academic paper by Mark Stinner here). RTA is a fancy name for a fairly simple process that will give external researchers … Continue reading
Marketing Research Essentials: How to Reduce the Risks of Marketing Innovation Through Consumer Research
Like the academic strategy of “Publish or Perish,” consumer brands often have a strategy of “Innovate or Die.” Many companies see product and service innovations as one of the most important paths to long-term business success. With innovation being a … Continue reading
Pink Toast and Other Top Market Research Posts from 2018
In the market research industry, 2018 will forever be known as the arrival year for AI and blockchain (Well done on the first patent, 20/20 research!) In Canada, we also got to witness the birth and growth of a brand-new … Continue reading