Research Won’t Make You Do Anything
Clients sometimes avoid market research because they’re afraid it will “box them in” when it comes to decision-making. Nope. Research is a flare, not a cage.
Knowing what people do isn’t the same as knowing what they think.
What makes a client a good research candidate for your agency.
Buying publicly available research reports can seem like an expedient way to get the information you’re looking for. But there are some things to be aware of.
In some situations, balancing your survey data may be appropriate to ensure you’ve got a representative sample.
I chat with Dr. Sarah McKenzie about whether you should expect your research to validate your ideas.
Even if you’re not very familiar with research, you’ve heard the terms “quantitative” and “qualitative”. What’s the real difference? These terms refer to types of data — not necessarily to research approaches. Quantitative results are those you can count, that you can tabulate. These are either numbers you can work with mathematically or text…