Articles

Qualitative Research
Quantitative Methodologies
Questionnaire Design
Sample and Data
Hispanic Research
Humor

From time to time, Q & A Research prepares articles on various research related areas, which are archived below

Qualitative Research

The Bottom Line on Online
A Look at Internet Focus Groups

High Focus Group Show Rates Are No Accident

Taking the Mystery Out of Mystery Shopping

What's in a Name?
The Right Way to Do Naming Research

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Quantitative Methodologies

It Pays to "Shop Around" When Doing Mall Intercepts
Strategies When Doing Mall Intercepts

Usability Testing 101
A Quick Glance at this Increasingly Used Methodology

The Selling of Souls
Don't Abandon Your Standards When Administering Web Surveys!

Web-Based Surveys
Practical applications grow with the Internet

My Supplier Told Me..."You Better Shop Around"
Keys to quality mall-intercept projects

How Much and When?
The Use of Incentives in Research

Getting the Lead Out
Should all surveys be administered by CATI or is there a place for Paper and Pencil?

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Questionnaire Design

To what do you Attribute Your Attribute Ratings?
Finding and Eliminating Compound Attributes in Surveys

The Importance of Importance
Determining Appropriate Factors for Importance Ratings in Surveys

Have You Seen My Overalls
Avoiding Order-Bias in Survey Design

How Long is that Survey Anyway?
A Guide to Estimating Survey Length

Out of the Mouths of Babes
Keeping the Wording of Survey Questions Simple

Effective Questionnaire Design
Extra effort up front pays dividends later

"This Is Not A Sales Call"
Telemarketing forces reevaluation of telephone questionnaire introductions

Tips: Making Good First Impressions
Introductions that maximize respondent cooperation

The 1999 ART Forum
Loyalty a hot topic at this year's conference

Beyond Customer Satisfaction
A Strategy for Identifying Loyal Customers

Employee Satisfaction Studies
Loyal employees create loyal customers

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Sample and Data

Making Your List and Checking It Twice
Sample origins can impact survey results

Weighty Matters
The What, Why and How of Weighting Data

Ample Sample
A Quick Guide to Estimating Telephone Sample Requirements

Is Your Database Healthy?
Three Common Database Ailments

The Incidence of Understanding Incidence
Defining and Calculating Incidence

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Hispanic Research

Hispanic vs. Latino?
Survey Results Show Preference for Cultural Reference

Se Habla Espanol
Hispanic Market Acceptance of U.S. Products and Services

Are You Doing Your Hispanic Research?
It's No Time for a Siesta

Music to Your Ears
The Growing Influence of Latin Beat on American Culture

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Humor

New Girlfriend Tests Poorly in Peer Focus Group
When Research Goes a Little Too Far

The Best of Intentions

From the "You've Got to Be Kiddin' Me" File

From the "Coulda Used Some Market Research" File:
Top 10 Most Brilliant Marketing Blunders

You Know You're a Market Researcher When...
Just a Little Market Research Humor...

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