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Title Air refresheners online? Validity check of an Internet online sample using external reference data
Year 2006
Access date 23.09.2006
Abstract Firstly, although commercial online research has developed well into maturity and is an established multifaceted instrument, it still retains the stigma of being unable or only having a limited capacity to deliver representative data. Secondly, there is a degree of uncertainty on the part of commissioning companies as to whether and how hitherto offline market research studies can be conducted online in the future. This lecture aims on the one hand to discuss some inroads into sampling methods that minimise the error quota, taking reference to a specific study from the typical market research field of "Fast Moving Consumer Goods"; secondly, its purpose is to illustrate how a validation of the data can be achieved using external reference data. This deals with an area, very often encountered in market research, which involves developing the best possible market concept from a stream of new developments under conditions of considerable time and cost pressures. In the dual presentation by Sara Lee Household & Body Care and the Managing Director of the collaborating institute (SKOPOS), the background to the research is briefly discussed, along with the reasons why the associated partners assumed they would be able to conduct this project over the Internet. The report shows how the study was conducted, i.e. what prerequisites had to be created, for example, when drawing the samples, in order firstly to generate a maximum comparability with the samples that had previously been drawn offline (benchmarks, empirical values), and secondly, there was also post-hoc the possibility of establishing a relationship between evaluated data/results and external reference data, hence enabling the quality of the samples to be assessed. The external reference data is then juxtaposed with the empirical results of the study, and their congruencies and divergences are analysed in an effort to reveal any related causes or origins. The lecture is addressed primarily towards market researchers from companies and institutes, however it also reaches out to those in academia, who nurture an interest in methodologies. The main emphasis is of a practical nature: the lecture aims to advise - on the points that have to be taken into account, when conducting this kind of market research, and also - on the sources of reference that can or should be implemented to gain validation of its results, and - on how an external validation can be done.
Year of publication2006
Bibliographic typeConferences, workshops, tutorials, presentations
Full text availabilityNon-existant
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