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Explore industry trends, research methods, and tips for your own research projects in the Versta Research Blog. All opinions are our own, and some may change over time.

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Don't Be Fooled by Big Numbers

Don’t Be Fooled by Big Numbers

Suppose you could have a neural network machine-learned algorithm that is 91% accurate in predicting who will buy your product and who will not, just with a computer facial scan. Wow—91% sounds amazing! Don’t buy it, and don’t be a sucker for big numbers until you look more closely at the math behind those big…

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Ten Tips for Flawless Fieldwork

Research firms like Versta (and research teams like yours?) tend to think of design, strategy, and analysis as the critical place where we add value. But guess what. Everybody thinks that, and one consequence is that fieldwork and data collection are becoming dangerously bad. Nobody is paying attention anymore. Fieldwork is on auto-pilot. We recommend…

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Grab Attention with a Research Infographic

Yesterday I was delighted to share the stage with Kate Morris at the Corporate Researchers Conference in Chicago, talking about the power, the potential, and the “how-to” of spectacular infographics for market research. Kate spent many years in the research group at Fidelity Investments, and it was for Kate that Versta Research first tried its…

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Responsive Surveys Go Way Beyond Mobile

Responsive Surveys Go Way Beyond Mobile

If you design surveys that adapt well to mobile devices, you can feel proud. Current estimates are that only about half of all market research surveys are mobile-friendly. According to Research Now, an online panel that fields thousands of surveys from research vendors like Versta, just 15% are fully optimized for mobile use. But now…

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