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Significant Digits – a key element of clearer numbers
I am in the process of writing an introductory statistics book for market researchers. This post and some…
18 December 2012
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Research Communities and Market Research Rules
One of the questions I get asked quite often is whether or not research communities, such as MROCs…
11 December 2012
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Social Media Research and the Trough of Disillusionment
At the Festival of NewMR, Wednesday 5th December, I will be presenting a summary of where social media…
1 December 2012
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Market Research in Japan, an Alternative Adoption Curve
Click here to read in Japanese – 日本語 Most market researchers are familiar with the Rogers Adoption Curve,…
29 November 2012
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How to run a successful MROC in Japan?
Click here to read in Japanese – 日本語 Yesterday in Tokyo I attended two events (one run by…
27 November 2012
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NewMR and Asia
I am about half way through my current tour of Asia, I have been in Singapore and Hong…
25 November 2012
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Laplace and Big Data fallacy
Earlier this week I was in Singapore, attending the MRSS Asia Research Conference, which this year focused on…
22 November 2012
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What will Telepresence bring to Market Research?
Helen Thomson has a great article in New Scientist (you’ll need to register to read it) about how…
18 November 2012
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2012 – the year manual coding made a comeback!
In 2011, at events and conferences around the world the world seemed to be on the edge of…
16 November 2012
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Is the term MROC morphing?
When Brad Bortner, of Forrester, coined the term MROC (Market Research Online Community) in 2009, he defined it…
14 November 2012