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Analysis, AI updates and practical guidance for market researchers and insights professionals, written by Ray Poynter and guests.
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Unlocking the Future of Insights: A Must-Listen Interview with Liubov Ruchinskaya
NewMR recently had the pleasure of hosting Liubov Ruchinskaya, Head of Strategy Analytics and Consumer Planning at Diageo…
17 July 2025
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How AI Has Transformed My Story-Finding Method
After more than 40 years in the research and insights world, I thought I had fine-tuned my approach…
29 June 2025
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Exploring the Interaction of Language and ChatGPT
Ray Poynter, 28 June 2025 With Noriko Kishida (Japan), Tomoko Yoshida (Japan), Dangjaithawin (Orm) Anantachai (Thailand), and Seyo…
28 June 2025
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Synthetic Data and Significance Tests: Why t-tests are Inappropriate and What to Do Instead
You should not use standard t-test testing with synthetically boosted data. In this post I explain why and…
19 June 2025
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How should you plan for AI and its impact on you? A Ray Poynter presentation shared via Notebook LM
Are you using Notebook LM yet? If not, I think you should be using it; it is frankly…
6 June 2025
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A Digital Twin of Nick Carraway, from The Great Gatsby
Earlier this week, I discussed the use of Digital Twins in research; you can read that post here.…
5 June 2025
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Digital Twins for Research and Insights
Over the last year, there has been a growing interest in Digital Twins, which are virtual participants based…
3 June 2025
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How can we use ChatGPT to help us qualitatively analyse images?
Currently, I am spending four weeks in Japan, a mix of work, including workshops and presentations, and leisure…
1 June 2025
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The Future of Qual
Last week, I had the honour to be invited to attend the QRCA International Qualitative Conference in Berlin…
22 May 2025
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What is a Context Window, and why does it matter?
One key variable that differentiates one large-language model (LLM) from another is the size of its context window. In this…
20 May 2025