Riffs On-demand: Mini Lectures on Hot Research Topics

Research Rockstar students now have access to free on-demand (OD) content. We are mining hundreds of hours of class recordings to pull out short segments on various qualitative and quantitative topics. Each research “riff” is 5 to 15 minutes in duration. Topics now available: 95% Confidence Interval Defined, Statistical Terminology, and report writing tips.

Rockstar Learning in San Diego

We are thrilled to announce that Research Rockstar has been selected to deliver 3 classes at the June ISC conference in San Diego. Three Research Rockstar instructors will be on-site delivering these classes, including Greg Timpany, Chris Barnes, Kathryn Korostoff, and Namika Sagara.

Research Rockstar Announces 12-month Training Passes, Celebrates with Market Research Training Giveaway

Market Researchers interested in professional training can now purchase VIP passes to get twelve months of unlimited training in either qualitative or quantitative research. Research Rockstar’s new VIP Passes provide skill seekers, a pay-once-get-many training option.

Article Synopsis: Quantitative or Qualitative Research Methods, Let’s Go Back to the Basics

data, different statistical methods and models can give different readings. Gray states, “Causation requires correlation of some kind but correlation and causation are not the same.”

When looking at probabilities and categories, Gray cautions the researcher to, “Avoid confusing the possible with the plausible and the plausible with fact. It’s also not difficult, though, to miss something of genuine practical significance that lies hidden beneath…

Market Segmentation, Southwest Airlines Style

They used an “a priori” segmentation model. Yup, that’s right. They went into the study with a hypothesized set of segments in mind. The segments were based on behavioral data from their existing customer database. During the presentation, this confused me. We were, after all, in a session on conducting segmentation. The process was defined as qual, leading to quant. But the speaker occasionally referred to the segments they started with…