A new book to help people to understand insight communities

By common consent, research communities seem to have been the fastest growing new research approach over the last few years (a view that was supported by the latest GRIT report). Indeed, in some sectors, such as media, brands are beginning […]

The next billion internet users

The infographic below was suggested to NewMR by Shannon Hamilton who helped create it and we thought it was well worth sharing. If you click on the image you will be take to the source of the image, who are InternetServiceProviders.org. […]

The Five Top NewMR.org Posts of 2013 – so far

Below is a list of the five posts, on NewMR.org, that in 2013 have been read by the largest number of unique readers, as measured by Google Analytics. Why do companies use market research? This was posted December 30, 2012, […]

Why is research so risk averse?

This post started life as a response to Ellen Woods’ well thought out Greenbook post on the paradox of risk, which you can read here. However, here is an extended version of my thoughts on the difference between the herd […]

Notes for a non-researcher conducting qualitative research

In November I am presenting a paper to the ESOMAR Conference on Qualitative Research, in Valencia in Spain. My paper suggests that one threat to qualitative research is the potential for damage caused by people with no training in qualitative […]

In market research, is agnosticism the new belief?

Traditionally the term agnostic has been applied to people who have not had the courage of their convictions to settle for belief or refutation. However, over the last few years the term agnostic has become increasingly used in the area […]

Unintentional Interlocking Quotas

This post has been written in response to a query I receive fairly often about sampling. The phenomenon it looks at relates to the very weird effects that can occur when a researcher uses non-interlocking quotas, effects that I am […]

When and why to conduct mobile only studies?

Following the discussion on tablets in mobile market research, this post addresses the wider issue of why somebody would want to conduct a study that is mobile only. Having spoken to a wide cross section of clients and researcher, typical […]

The tablet that didn’t bite

As mentioned before, I am in the midst of co-writing a book on mobile research and today I have been working my through the contrasting roles of phones, PCs, and tablets in quantitative research, specifically with respect to surveys. The […]