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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.

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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…

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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.

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October 20th is World Statistics Day!

In celebration of World Statistics Day, we had our amazing intern Sarah put together an infographic amalgamation of interesting statistics. What percent of Americans have pet reptiles? How much pizza

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Big Data at CRC:

Point-Counterpoint: What’s the Big Deal with Big Data?

I am biased. Having taught the predictive analytics class in the pre-conference workshops, I have some ideas about the role of market researchers, data scientists and the messy intersections between them. I mean us. Wait… OK, well, that’s why it is messy.

Here are a few points made by each speaker at the MRA’s Corporate Researchers Conference, followed by my take away.