Data Processing

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Below are the 5 most recent articles on this topic. These articles were published within the last three years and are only available to registered subscribers.

Data Use: Telling the future from the past: predictive versus classical statistics: This article compares and contrasts predictive and classical statistics, making the case that predictive methods offer an effective way to use current data to make statements about future data.
Data Use: A good choice for choice modeling: Maximum difference scaling lets researchers present respondents with large numbers of choice options without making the process onerous. The article uses examples of a hotel loyalty program and restaurant menu optimization to show the technique in action.
Rapport and reports - what matters to health-care research end users?: Researchers from Observant LLC and Pfizer explore what the key satisfaction drivers are among health-care and pharmaceutical end users. Results suggest anticipation of needs, excellent rapport and boardroom-ready reports matter most.
By the Numbers: How to improve your segmentations with max-diff: The author uses a checking-account example to show how maximum difference scaling, or max-diff, can deliver finely-tuned segmentations without subjecting respondents to an onerous number of comparison questions.
Considerations in quantitative data collection in China: Conducting commercial quantitative research in China presents methodological and cultural issues that either don’t exist or that have already been solved in Western society. Researchers must take heed in this relatively-virgin territory and adapt their strategies to cater to China’s unique circumstances.

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Six questions to ask your supplier about multivariate analysis: The author presents six questions that consumers should ask suppliers of multivariate analysis. Issues addressed include the cleaning and handling of data, the program and process for analyzing the data, the presentation of the final project, and the potential for repeat analyses.
Supplier Side: Survey programming integration: Survey research data processing has changed as technologies have advanced. This article discusses the integration of computer-assisted interviewing and tabulation in-house.
Software Review: E-Tabs Enterprise: A review of E-Tabs Enterprise software for producing crosstab reports and other forms of research data analysis.
Data Use: Marketplace segmentation by demographic characteristics: Researchers today have an abundance of information and sophisticated tools with which to work. Still, the best trained statisticians are not always clear how best to use these materials and methods. This article addresses geo-demographic clusters, which are marketed by their developers as the definitive answer to market-segmentation problems.
Listen to the text: Verbatim responses and other textual sources provide valuable and often untapped sources of insights on customer satisfaction. The author cites a case history involving hotel company Starwood and its use of text mining to glean helpful data.

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Related Glossary Terms

Data processing: The organization of data for the purpose of producing desired information; involves recording, classifying, sorting, summarizing, calculating, disseminating and storing data.

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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN WEB 2.0: THE NEXT LEAP: March 25-26, 2010; The Merlien Institute will hold a workshop, themed 'Qualitative Research in Web 2.0: The Next Leap,' on March 25-26 at the Holiday Inn Berlin City - West in Berlin, Germany.
GARTNER BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SUMMIT: April 12-14, 2010; Gartner will hold its business intelligence summit on April 12-14 at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

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