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Introduction: Online and qualitative research
Online and qualitative researchQualitative research should also be online
• The world and the human being is online, the www has become a tool:
- For information sharing
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- For communication
- For self expression:
- …
�Qualitative research should be also online
Online and qualitative research Online qualitative research
ONLINE =
a tool to do qualitative research
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH =
To gather and analyse data
via ‘open’ methods in order
to reveal patterns and
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a tool to do qualitative researchto reveal patterns and
motivations which determine
the behaviour and thinking of
human beings/consumers.
The addition of online is mainly about the way in which the
research is done: not with the traditional face-to-face research, but
by the use of internet.
Online and qualitative research Online qualitative research
• There are different ways to do this:
1. The internet as a source of information:
- Millions of people produce information and express their opinions on websites, forums, blogs
- It gives a broader view on the world, the internet is a huge database
with information on all subject that have some importance in peoples
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with information on all subject that have some importance in peoples lives.
2. Data collection in a closed research environment
Synovate @Life Digital Qualitative
@ Life: the Synovate offerings
@Life: the Synovate offeringsBringing Life to Life
LifeWorlds
@ Life
� On line approach
� Bulletin Boards
� Digital diaries
� Interactive Panels
� Full range of ethnographic
approaches
� Cultural context to POS
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@Life is one of the 5 Bringing Life to Life tools
Get Life
Comms Life
Build Life
� Interactive Panels
� Identify real opportunities
through an Idea/insight
generation approach designed
to breathe new life into markets
� Concept development
and refinement
approach
� Maximizing the
potential of
creative ideas
� Evaluating ideas
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• What?
- A threaded in-depth discussion that occurs over time (2-3 days),
- where respondents enjoy the flexibility of logging in each day when their schedules permit (e.g. at least 2 times a day for 20 minutes)
• How does it work?
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• How does it work?
- New questions are released each day
- Visual stimuli can change question by question.
- The moderator logs in regularly throughout the day to post follow-up questions for respondents individually or as a group.
• Respondents?
- 15-30 respondents/group
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• Use?
- for great depth, responses requiring accurate detail
- or review of files/notes or consultation with co-workers,
- or sensitive topics.
• Target group?
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• Target group?
- young adults/teens,
- techies and others who are accustomed to using computers
- BtB, busy people
- ‘Active’ 55+
- Working men
@Life: the Synovate offeringsOnline bulletin boards: moderators view
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@Life: the Synovate offeringsOnline bulletin boards: respondents view
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• Advantages:
1. Greater depth
- Even greater depth than face-to-face groups
- Respondents answer to all questions and with greater accuracy and more extended
2. Flexibility in content
- Content of the guide can be adapted any time
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- Content of the guide can be adapted any time
3. Transparency
- Client can follow the discussions at any time and communicate with the moderator
- More interaction with the client is possible
4. Visuals
- Possibility to show websites, visuals, audio and video fragments
5. No geographical limits
- Respondents of different regions (even countries) can participate in the same group
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6. Transcripts
- Full transcripts are immediately available
- Possibility to sort the responses on questions, respondents characteristics
- Verbatims are ‘real verbatims’ and easy to find
7. No ‘time’ limits:
- Respondents can login at the moment they want
- For busy respondents this approach is less time consuming as they don’t have to travel
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- For busy respondents this approach is less time consuming as they don’t have to travel
8. Fresh respondents
- Possible to recruit new respondents, respondents that would never participate in face-to-face research (due to location or ‘busy’ people)
9. Projective techniques
- Projective techniques work very well and are very rich
10. Different types of questions:
- Possible to have ‘group’ questions
- But also private questions
- ‘uninfluenced answer’ before interaction
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• “Disadvantages”:
1. No non-verbal information
- The moderation has the interaction and interpretation on what respondents write, without any non-verbal information
2. Analysis
- Is time consuming as the moderator has ‘less impressions’
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- Is time consuming as the moderator has ‘less impressions’
- As the amount of information is huge
3. Possible drop-out of busy people
4. Time investment of client
- The client has to take time to follow the discussion and the interact with the moderator
- The client needs to be ‘trained’ as well
l Threaded asynchronous online discussion
l Preloaded questions scheduled for release by date, hour, minute
Online Bulletin Boards Online Focus GroupsFeatures
l Real-time/synchronous online chatl Moderator releases preloaded questions
l Everyone sees everything at same time
l Each question can be fully public, fully private or require response
before other responses are sharedl Can require sequential response
l Whiteboard visual can change Q by Q
l Generate significant depth, breadth
l Facilitate interaction, top-of-mind responsel Some ability to communicate privately
l Limited #, complexity of whiteboard visuals; lowest respondent access speed determines
what’s advisable
l Better for top-of-mind reactions than depth
Style
l 3-day/72-hour period is typical l Easy to involve multiple time zones
l 90-minute period (plus 30 minutes to prepare up front) is typical
Duration
Discussion Guide & Stimuli
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l Generate significant depth, breadth l Opportunity to mull things over,
refresh memory
l Depends on # questions/dayl Log in twice/day; can start a day latel Flexibility allows very busy people to
participate in fits and starts
l Cannot see respondents, body language or verify gender, age
l Better for top-of-mind reactions than depthl Limited tools for depth research
l Cannot see respondents, body language or visually verify gender, age
l 90 minutes at a set time on a set datel Very predictable for respondentsl No flexibility in participation time
l Log in 10 minutes prior to start time
Depth
Respondent Time
View of Respondents
Moderator Time
l Constantly logged in during scheduled group l Limits travel for 1 day
l Clients access moderator via confidential posts, but moderator highly engaged
l Limited ability to discuss, change during group
l Logs in every 2 hours during business day
l Limits travel for 3 days
l Clients access moderator by phone, email, confidential posts
l Time to discuss, make changes
Client Access to Moderator
On line Bulletin Boards User Manual
Here the client person can post your questions or remarks.
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In this screen you see all the questions and additional text posted by the moderator as wellas the answers from the respondents. You will see the respondents name and if a respondent uploads a picture, website or video you can see what is uploaded by clicking on ‘view media’.
or remarks.
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Here you find the discussion guide with all questions to the respondent. These will be posted per topic by the moderator several times a day. Click on a question and you will see the question as well as the input from all the respondents to date.
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This menu allows you to see in the participants part which respondent was active the last 30 minutes or last 2 hours. With view info you can have a look into the screener details of the respondent (age, household, usage of shaving method, etc.). In the observer part you can see who from the observers is currently logged in.
Synovate’s experience with On line Bulletin
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Synovate’s experience with On line Bulletin BoardsIndustries and use
• Automotive
• Banking
• Durables
• Chemicals
• Education
• Finance
• Branding & Communication
• Customer satisfaction
• Positioning
• Product & Concept testing
• Shopper
• Website usability, testing and Automotive
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• FMCG
• Food
• Healthcare
• Media
• Personal Care
• Public Services
• Retail
• Technology
• Telco