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Analysis, AI updates and practical guidance for market researchers and insights professionals, written by Ray Poynter and guests.
Big Data
Why social media mining and monitoring have met with limited success in Market Research?
OK, let’s get one thing clear from the outset; I am not saying social media mining and monitoring…
13 April 2014
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Using sampling error as a measure of reliability, not validity
Last week Jeffrey Henning gave a great #NewMR lecture on how to improve the representativeness of online surveys…
7 April 2014
Business
The differences between academic and commercial research
Posted by Ray Poynter, 1 April 2014 I am currently at an academic conference on mobile research in…
1 April 2014
Books
Talk Like Ted – Book Review
I am a fan of books on presenting, especially good ones, and this new book by Carmine Gallo,…
26 March 2014
Uncategorized
Appreciating Asia Pacific – 3rd and Final Post
After a week in Singapore, a week split between Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Tokyo, the final week of…
22 March 2014
Asia
Appreciating Asia Pacific – Part 2
Last week I wrote about my week in Singapore, with Vision Critical and MRMW. This week I exchanged…
15 March 2014
Asia
Appreciating Asia Pacific – Part 1
This post is written as I reach the end of the first week of a three week Vision…
8 March 2014
Asia
The Secrets of Effective Presentations
Quite often when people talk about presentations they talk about the need to be engaging, amusing, and informative,…
25 February 2014
Business
Key learnings from the European IIeX
I’ve just spent two days at IIeX in Amsterdam, and had the pleasure of being a co-chair for…
22 February 2014
Market Research
The Strengths and Limitations of Research-on-Research
As part of writing our new book on Mobile Market Research (which should be available in September) I…
15 February 2014