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L&E Research/Facility Manager Plus
Leyhausen International Services GmbH
ActiveGroup, Inc.
Video streaming has become a vital component of qualitative research, and ActiveGroup’s service allows researchers to remotely access their important projects, giving them a cost-effective, high-quality alternative to travel and time out of the office. Since 2006, ActiveGroup has aggressively expanded its facility partner network, and is now available in over 400 facilities around the world, and can reach virtually any traditional and non-traditional location using our ActiveGroup Portable service.
Amplify Research Partners
Amplify Research Partners is a qualitative facility, field management and consulting firm focused on enhancing the research process for market research professionals who are ready to redefine their project experience.
Winter 2009 marks the Grand Opening of Amplify’s innovative flagship facility in Pleasanton, CA. With state-of-the-art digital recording technology, open plan client viewing lounges, and focus group spaces designed to encourage communication and creativity, the facility embodies comfort, fun and contemporary design.
Whether you’re fielding a project in several markets, or need a suburban facility in the SF Bay Area, Amplify will allow you to focus on your research while we handle all of the details.
ASDE Survey Sampler
ASDE Survey Sampler provides finely stratified geographic telephone samples in North America. Samples are provided on request or through leased sampling software. This software permits unlimited sampling with full info on directory listed numbers and geocoding for all numbers. Census data is included with all samples.
We offer samples of various types: RDD, Directory Listed, Address Based, Targeted, Ethnic, Census Overlay, Radius, Postal/Zip Codes, Custom Geography, Cell Phone, D&B Business lists and Physicians lists. We provide list matching/appending, sample pre-dialing, geocoding and IVR services. ASDE is the only North American company certified ISO 9001-2000 for sampling and related services.
Authentic Response, Inc.
Since 1998, Authentic Response has led the market research industry with best of breed solutions for global online sample, including its Authentic Recruitment panelist sourcing technique, patented Double Opt-In permission standards, and its Authentic Validation process which ensures legitimate survey responses of the highest quality. With industry-leading reach to consumers, business decision makers and many other heavily profiled audiences it’s no wonder that hundreds of market research firms look to Authentic Response for their global online sample needs.
Please visit www.authenticresponse.com for more information.
CETRA Language Solutions
CETRA, a corporate member of MRA, specializes in translation and interpretation services, including ASL – American Sign Language, for marketing research companies. You can be sure your cross-cultural communications will always be accurate, on time and culturally sensitive, because our experienced professionals have the specific expertise your business requires. Choose CETRA for your translation and interpretation needs and be treated to professional, friendly service that saves you time, simplifies the process and makes working with us a pleasure. MRA members receive a 5% discount. www.cetra.com
CfMC Research Software
CfMC Research Software provides tools for data collection and analysis. CfMC products - Survent for CATI, webSurvent for Web surveys, and Mentor for data analysis, manipulation and reporting - power the survey research industry. New from CfMC, webCATI enables interviewing from anywhere on a central server meaning you no longer need to split sample to share jobs. Free your resources with webCATI. Companies looking for a partner for the programming and hosting of Web surveys should consider the CfMC Service Bureau, providing back room survey operations for over 15 years. CfMC has been the home of nonstop support since 1967. www.cfmc.com
EFG, Inc. - European Fieldwork Group
EFG is the U.S. subsidiary of the Paris-based MV2 Group, one of the European leaders in International Market Research. EFG is dedicated to the management of international Quantitative/Qualitative fieldwork, as well as Mystery Shopping, for North American Market Research companies: EFG is a full-service one-stop shop for fieldwork Worldwide. EFG's International network counts 115 Focus rooms, 9,500 F2F interviewers (CAPI equipped) & 2,300 CATI across the globe. Furthermore, our network's quality procedures are ISO 9001 certified. EFG covers all type of Industry, still, has special units dedicated to specific industries such as healthcare/pharmaceuticals, B2B, banking/finance, automotive/transport, and sports & entertainment. www.efgresearch.com
G3 Translate
G3 Translate partners with marketing research professionals to help them reach global markets by offering customized translation and localization solutions. The company specializes in the translation of questionnaires, screeners, telephone scripts and focus group materials into over 100 languages. The seamless integration of their linguistic specialists and technological assets provides concept-to-completion solutions and offers their clients the best value in the marketplace. Whether you require translation, in-language coding, cultural consulting, website localization or related foreign language services, they can enhance communication across a myriad of cultures. G3 Translate provides outstanding quality at competitive rates and exceptional customer service with aggressive turnaround times. www.g3translate.com
EMI Surveys
EMI Surveys manages a network of over 77 online panels around the globe for market researchers. Our mission is to provide cost effective high quality online sample.
Since 1999, EMI has performed more than 4,500 independent online studies, built large panels and established small niche community panels for online market research purposes.
Example Studies:
- Intl HR and Training DM's in US/UK/Canada - 350 completes
- Small Bus. DM's - 2% incidence - 100 completes
- Business DMs - Brazil, DE, China, Japan and Sweden - 800 completes
- EMC IT DMs - China, HK, Australia, TW and Japan - 300 completes
e-Rewards, Inc.
e-Rewards, Inc., based in Dallas, TX, is the largest by-invitation-only online research panel, serving over 700 research firms. With millions of panelists, the e-Rewards Opinion Panels provide research firms with quality respondents - enabling them to interact with real consumers and business decision-makers. Launched in 1999, e-Rewards now employs professionals located in Dallas, London, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, France & Germany. For more information, visit www.e-rewards.com/researchers
iCharts
iCharts is an innovative, web-based service that creates interactive charts for use on a website or in offline documents (PDF , PPT). Interactive charts add value to your research data and save significant production and distribution costs.
“PowerCharts” adds filter/drill-down capabilities in order to slice and dice data visually within charts. Firms can create single or multi-client micro sites populated with PowerCharts and can further monetize data by allowing the creation of multiple custom views of charts that can be published elsewhere.
iCharts’ interactive content differentiates your research, generates visibility and enhances your brand value.
For information: briefing@ichartsbusiness.com; www.ichartsbusiness.com
Innerscope Research®
Innerscope Research® is dedicated to solving difficult market research questions by measuring and analyzing subconscious emotional responses to media. With its breakthrough Biometric Monitoring System™, Innerscope accurately predicts consumer behaviors, providing Fortune 100 companies with an unprecedented level of consumer insight. Founded by Harvard and MIT scientists, Innerscope leverages the latest advances in biometrics, neuroscience and eye tracking to measure moment-to-moment emotional engagement, the primary driver of behavior and choice. For more information, visit www.innerscope.com.
KL Communications
KL Communications is on the forefront of online research, and helps some of the world’s leading companies facilitate an ongoing dialogue with their customers in new and innovative ways. KL builds and manages custom online communities and panels of engaged consumers that provide you with a 24 hour, always on source for immediate and actionable insights. Your communities and panels are a direct line to your customers – real people communicating in real terms.
L&E Research/Facility Manager Plus
Facility Manager Plus© (FMP©) is a revolutionary software service created by facility owners, for facility owners, to help you manage your focus group facility operations. FMP© addresses most every cost center in your operations: database management, recruiting, project management, calendar management, inner office communications and more, through one software service. Improve call center performance, reduce overhead, reduce paper waste, make more of your office space billable and improve your database size and quality. Register for a demonstration and qualify to win a Mino video recorder by emailing Brett Watkins at bwatkins@leresearch.com or calling 919-256-9609. You may also visit www.facilitymanagerplus.com.
Leyhausen International Services GmbH
Leyhausen International Services has been a leading provider of global field services since 2002. Our state-of-art facilities, offices and call centers that span across Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Tunisia, UAE , Syria, KSA and Lebanon enable Leyhausen to efficiency manage data collection projects of any size and scope anywhere in the world. Leyhausen is proud to offer ActiveGroup in all of it facilities. Our highly-trained and experienced staff help ensure your studies are conducted properly and without a hitch. Our global field services cover all types of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies in virtually all markets.
CLS Lexi-Tech
Lexi-tech International is a leading Translation and Linguistic Services Company. With five locations and over 250 employees, we translate in excess of 70 million words per year for a prestigious list of more than 300 clients worldwide. Our services include translation, revision, proofreading, editing and localization in virtually any language combination, plus complete project management and professional desktop publishing.
Lexi-tech International is recognized as a leader in technological innovation within the translation industry. Our state-of-the-art equipment enables us to specialize in the translation of large, highly technical requirements. We strategically aim to establish strong and durable partnerships with our clients while investing in all means necessary to ensure the highest quality standards. www.lexitechinternational.com
Market Dimensions
We are a global panel company located in Canada that offers cost-effective B2C, B2B and specialty panels in the U.S., Canada, Europe, UK, Australia and Asia with more than 3,000,000 active panelists. Our online and telephone data collection services are simply splendid. We have our call center equipped with 50 CATI stations in Toronto, Canada with another location in the sub-continent with 150 stations with a capacity to undertake research in 25 languages. Our offices are located in Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and Sydney. Your satisfaction is our satisfaction.
www.market-dimensions.com
Marketing Systems Group
MSG provides in-house and Web-basedGENESYS sample design/generation systems, full service sampling capabilities including multi-mode sample methodologies, Address-Based and 1000-series RDD samples, listed household, business, targeted and online samples, GENESYS-CSS sample screening services and sample enhancement services. PRO-T-S® and the new hostedPRO-T-S Dialing Solution are researchPredictive dialing systems that improve productivity, increase accuracy, quality and flexibility, while reducing costs. Optional modules include researchPredictive Dialing, Digital Sound Management and DSMplus (Interviewer QC Scoring), Remote Interviewer Module, Call Blending, Multi-CATI Interface, Call Transfer, IVR Integration, Remote Audio Monitoring and VoIP Interface. ARCS® is a feature-rich panel management/recruiting and IVR/Web-based data collection system.
MDLinx
MDLinx, a SONY Group Company, founded in 1999, provides global physicians and healthcare panels for online surveys. The U.S.-based company offers unmatched online reach in the U.S., Japan, Germany and Korea. In addition, MDLinx has formal partner agreements in another Ocucom0 counties worldwide, to deliver one-stop global physician sample. Using our patented and highly specialized invitation control technology, MDLinx can target 747 different sub-specialties of healthcare professionals. MDLinx uses a triple verification process with CropDuster™ fingerprinting technology to guard against online fraud and duplicate responders. One stop, fast turnaround feasibility and pricing can be requested with a single email: MarketResearch@MDLinx.com
Mktg, Inc.
Mktg, Inc., with 30 years of data collection expertise, has vigorously tackled online problems with one of the largest global research on research efforts in the industry. The Sample Source Auditors™, a division of Mktg, introduces six unique online sample quality measures and solutions: The Grand Mean Project™, analyzes panels; Optimum Blending Solutions™, gives you the right mix of sample sources - CPR™, provides stability models of panels in tracking studies; Consistent Track™, measures panel predictability and consistency over time; Q-Metrics™, identifying and deleting the ‘worst’ online respondents; Crop Duster™, digital fingerprinting software for eliminating duplicate respondents. Mktg is the leader in panel quality measures! www.mktginc.com
Ocucom™
Ocucom™ provides comprehensive services and software solutions to market research companies. Its proven Ocular™ interviewing methodology produces richer data, higher completion rates and shorter online interviews. The engaging Ocular™ interface delivers effective media in a user-friendly environment. By integrating exclusive PreCast™ video technology, Ocular™ interviews provide powerful testing for promos, film, television, and commercials. Ocucom™ will also design your sample, questionnaire and panel. Other custom services include data mining, Web hosting, and project management. The Ocucom™ team reflects years of industry expertise and innovation. Its emphasis on customer service and customization define a client’s experience. Choose Ocucom™. Dynamically different, simply superior.™
Olson Research Group
Olson Research Group provides both qualitative and quantitative marketing research services to the Pharmaceutical and Healthcare industries. We specialize in providing customized services from basic data collection to more full service components to suit each client’s specific needs and budget. Our key offerings include:
- Proprietary online research solution incorporating the latest technological advances, including online conjoint analysis.
- Custom panels drawn from a database of more than 650,000 U.S. physicians and other healthcare professionals.
- Qualitative research services include telephone and face to face depth interviews and focus groups.
- In-house programmers, recruiters and moderators ensuring continuity and quality at every stage of project development.
Research Now
Research Now is the Online Data Collection and Panel Specialists. We have unrivaled panel reach and quality, offering international online data collection across 36 proprietary, research only online panels in North & Latin America, Europe and Asia Pacific. We offer some of the most highly profiled, most broadly recruited, most frequently refreshed and most cared for online panels available to researchers.
We also pride ourselves on unrivaled service and delivery to our clients. We are genuine specialists in programming and hosting, fielding over 700 projects per month globally.
Contact us for help and advice on any aspect of online data collection and panels at: mra@researchnow-usa.com.
Survey Sampling International
Survey Sampling International is the premier global provider of sampling solutions for survey research. SSI offers access to more than 6 million consumer and business-to-business research respondents in 54 countries via Internet, telephone, and mobile. Additional client services include custom profiling, survey programming and hosting, data processing, sampling consulting, and survey optimization.
SSI serves more than 1,800 clients worldwide, including nearly three-quarters of the top researchers. Founded in 1977, SSI has an international staff of 400 people representing 50 countries and 36 languages. The company has 17 offices around the world for local client support. For more information, visit www.surveysampling.com.
Scientific Telephone Samples (STS)
Scientific Telephone Samples (STS) is a leading provider of RDD, listed consumer, and (B2B) business sampling for marketing research and political polling. Since 1988, our commitment to quality, outstanding customer service, and the lowest prices makes STS the smart choice for accurate, productive sampling. We offer a comprehensive array of scientifically constructed sampling options for every research project. Aggressive value-oriented pricing, experienced sampling advice, fast turnaround, cell phone sampling, PreIDTM disconnect and wireless purging, free business purging, demographic targeting and radius sampling. STS uses state-of-the-art computer technology and database procedures to construct the finest telephone samples available. info@stssamples.com (800) 944-4STS.
Swift Prepaid Solutions
Swift Prepaid Solutions is a leading provider of VISA prepaid cards. VISA prepaid cards are a streamline/cost-effective way to administrate survey and panel member honorarium/reward payments. The cards can be spent anywhere in the world, and the money can be spent instantly, anywhere VISA is accepted worldwide.
Swift Prepaid currently provides virtual and physical cards for many of the top market research and panel companies in the industry. Together, we have increased brand awareness, elminated back office work, increased panel loyalty and morale, and cut costs.
Please give Joe Kooima a call with any questions or concerns. (847-325-6760 or jkooima@swiftprepaid.com).
Toluna Group
Greenfield Online is now part of the Toluna Group, which is the world’s largest online sample provider, delivering sample of unrivalled reliability and representation from over 3.7 million panelists worldwide. Offices around the globe ensure local expertise for your projects. Contact us to learn more about how we can serve your online research needs. www.greenfield-ciaosurveys.com; www.toluna-group.com
University of Georgia/MRII
The Principles of Marketing Research is the only self-paced, self-study, certificate program presenting the complete copyrighted Marketing Research Core Body of Knowledge (MRCBOK©) covering the core skills of the marketing and opinion research profession. It is also the only industry-supported comprehensive program delivered entirely in an online format that is both standardized and commonly relevant worldwide. To date, over 5,000 practitioners have enrolled from over 90 countries. The CEU-awarding program has become the research profession’s highest quality, most valued, and most widely supported educational program on the fundamentals of marketing research. MRA is a proud supporter of the program. www.principlesofmarketingresearch.org
Western Wats, Inc.
Western Wats is a one source destination for all the data collection needs of over 200 research organizations worldwide. Services include CATI, Web surveys, IVR (automated voice messaging), and Data ExpressTM online reporting. Western Wats operates an extensive online research panel, Opinion OutpostTM, which can be utilized by Western Wats clients to reach a broad selection of consumer and business segments. Western Wats uses its proprietary, fully integrated data collection platform, W.I.R.E.TM (Wats Integrated Research Engine) to collect data from multiple locations and multiple modes quickly, reliably and in the most secure environment to be found in the industry. www.westernwats.com