On June 10, 2018, the Mars rover Opportunity transmitted two values: tau = 10.8 power = 22 Doing what any good analyst does, a scientist at JPL immediately put these data points into context, looking at the overall trends: “The atmospheric opacity (tau) over the rover has increased to a record 10.8 on Sol 5111 […]
Last month Research Now and SSI, both long-time supporters of the MRII, completed a key step in their merger by rebranding as Dynata. We’re grateful to Dynata for being one of our sponsors; such sponsorships have enabled us to develop our new Principles Express line of courses. And we’re especially grateful to each of the […]
Optimize your use of secondary data, a critical source of insights that can transform your marketing strategy. You can listen to the new webinar, “Answering Business Questions with Secondary Data,” brought to you by a collaboration of Quirks Webinars, the University of Georgia, and Market Research Institute International (MRII). In just 1 hour, you’ll learn: Three mini-case studies that illustrate how […]
SARASOTA, FL, January 10, 2019 — The Board of the Market Research Institute International (MRII) has elected Dan Coates, president and co-founder of Ypulse, Inc., as Board President for 2019. He succeeds Jeffrey Henning, chief research officer for Researchscape International, who becomes the new Executive Director. The Board also elected Melanie Courtright, executive vice president […]
Last week I did a short presentation for a NewMR session called “Looking Forward.” This post is a summary of that presentation (with an “improvement” or two). You can view the presentation at the NewMR website. I was trained as a historian and so I tend to view contemporary and even future events from a […]
At the Insights Leadership Conference in San Diego this week, Reed Cundiff, GM of the Microsoft Customer & Market Research Team, discussed his group’s ongoing efforts to “digitally transform the insights function.” The mission of the insights department remains the same as it has been for the past 10 years: “Deliver strategic, fact-based customer insights […]
Carry-on bag? Check. Laptop or tablet? Check. Business cards? Check. Like many of you, we are gearing up for a busy conference season, kicking off with ESOMAR Congress next week. We would love to meet you! Stop by our exhibit booths at the following events this fall and learn more about the insights industry’s premier […]
Professional marketing researchers are in an interesting predicament. We’ve been conditioned to exercise methodological and analytical rigor. We pride ourselves on an ability to dive deeply into data and find nuance beyond basic descriptive statistics. As such, the best of us draw out deep insights that may not be intuitive and often lend themselves to […]
At IIEX in Atlanta yesterday, Thor Ernstsson, CEO of Alpha, shared his vision for the evolution of insights and its impact on how business is done in general and product management in particular. Classic Modern Advanced Waterfall workflows Agile workflows On-demand workflows Upfront research Congruent research On-demand research Gated decision making High-velocity decision making Democratized […]
On behalf of MRII, Researchscape surveyed 129 market researchers from the US, UK, and Australia using an online survey in order to better understand career satisfaction, growth opportunities, and learning preferences. The survey was fielded from July 23 to August 7, 2017. Half of the sample worked for research agencies, 19% for corporate researchers, and […]