Specific Areas of Experience

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Specialties

Our senior research professionals have highly specialized knowledge and extensive experience in a number of specific research areas including:

  • Technology
  • Telecommunications
  • Healthcare/Health Services
  • Energy/Utilities
  • Financial Services
  • Retailing
  • Petroleum Industry
  • Recreation and Travel
  • Audience Measurement
  • Public Utilities
  • Consumer Products
  • Public Policy/Social Issues
  • Survey Evidence/Expert Testimony
  • Print/Broadcast Media
  • Education
  • Industry Trade Associations
  • Local Municipalities/ Governments
  • Regulatory Issues
  • Public Relations Research
  • Industrial/Business Market Research



 

Types of Research

Our experience includes a broad range of different types of studies:

 
  • Advertising Effectiveness
  • Pricing Studies
  • Customer Satisfaction/Loyalty
  • End-user Evaluations
  • Brand Equity Measurement
  • Image/Reputation
  • Market Segmentation
  • Market Demand Estimates
  • Legal Surveys
  • Market Definition/Sizing
  • Concept Evaluation
  • Employee Studies
  • Positioning Research
  • Needs Assessment
  • Awareness, Trial and Usage
  • New Product Research
  • Issue Management
  • Community Attitudes


Techniques and Methodologies

We have experience with a broad array of quantitative research methodologies and data analysis techniques including

For data gathering: 

  • Telephone
  • Face-to-face (home or central location)
  • Intercept surveys
  • Mail surveys
  • Phone/mail/phone surveys
  • Phone/mail surveys
  • One-on-one interviews

For statistical analysis: 

  • Standard cross-tab or univariate analysis
  • Factor analysis
  • Regression analysis
  • Cluster analysis
  • Conjoint measurement
  • Perceptual mapping


Populations studied:

General Public 

  • Public-at-large
  • Users of a particular service/product
  • Lapsed or discontinued users
  • Particular socio-demographic groups
  • Low incidence populations, e.g. non-telephone households, uninsureds
  • PC owners
  • Internet users
  • Parents
  • Teenagers

Businesses 

  • Large corporations
  • Middle market companies
  • Small businesses
  • Business owners, proprietors
  • Corporate executives
  • Key decision makers (various)
  • Purchasing agents
  • Datacom, Telecom, MIS, IT managers
  • Health care administrators
  • School administrators

Other Special Publics

  • State brokers, agents
  • Financial analysts
  • Employees
  • Shareholders
  • Subscribers to a particular media
  • Members of a particular organization
  • Lobbyists
  • Journalists, news media
  • Legislators
  • Attorneys
  • Physicians
  • Alumni
  • Community influentials
  • Farmers
  • College students

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