Live Events: Factor & Cluster Analysis, Conducting Global Market Research & More

Don’t miss these upcoming eLearning opportunities for market research & insights professionals. Available in both on-demand and real-time formats. Full Access Students (Backstage Pass FA/VIP and Certificate Program Students): Join… Continue reading Live Events: Factor & Cluster Analysis, Conducting Global Market Research & More

Upcoming Research Rockstar Classes in February and March

We have 13 amazing courses available for February and March, starting at just $125!  Have a 12-month Backstage Pass? Then these courses are already in your course catalog. Just go to the… Continue reading Upcoming Research Rockstar Classes in February and March

Upcoming Research Rockstar Classes in January

We have 10 amazing courses available for January, starting at just $100!  Have a 12-month Backstage Pass? Then these courses are already in your course catalog. Just go to the Training Portal,… Continue reading Upcoming Research Rockstar Classes in January

Last Call for 2017 Market Research Training

We have 5 amazing courses available for December, starting at just $125!  Have a 12-month Backstage Pass? Then these courses are already in your course catalog. Just go to the Training Portal,… Continue reading Last Call for 2017 Market Research Training

The #1 Cure for Boring Quantitative Research Reports

Boring reports are often caused by weak synthesis. Boring reports tend to be glorified lists of single data points, filled with dull statements like, “25% of people reported X, and 35% reported Y.” Or how about, “3 out of 5 customers prefer A, and 2 out of 5 prefer B.” Boring. But boring reports are fast to write, and given the pressure most researchers are under to write reports fast, it’s an understandable conundrum. So, what’s the cure?

Excel Versus SPSS? It’s Closer Than You Think

What if Excel could do 80% of the data analysis tasks that you use SPSS for?

If you haven’t looked at Excel as a survey data analysis tool in a while, look again. Better still, come take our brand new, one-of-a-kind class: Excel for Market Research Data Analysis. This 4-week program starts with pivot tables, covers t-test and chi-square tests, and continues up to and including regression. All in Excel.

Questionnaire Design 201: Online or In-Person

So, are your questionnaire design skills current? Are you over-relying on scales that are known to be subject to acquiescence bias? Or maybe you are just looking to expand the variety of scales you can use for different research topics?

Client management: often overlooked, always essential.

What do market researchers absolutely have to know? Plenty of attention is paid to questionnaire design, focus group moderation, data analysis, etc. Unfortunately, one can loose sight of client management.… Continue reading Client management: often overlooked, always essential.

The Worst Advice Given to Market Researchers in 2015

Innovation that does require new software tools or applications to be developed can be “coded” or programmed elsewhere. What you, the research expert, might need to know: how to write software specifications so that you can…

Managing Focus Groups: How to create a dynamic conversation, with great results

A great focus groups sparks their creativity—whether for sales, marketing or product development ideas. So many business professionals crave an authentic opportunity to learn directly from their target market, and a well-recruited, professionally moderated focus group can be a great way for them to have this experience.