Introduction to Quantitative Research
Role, methods and basic skills

Objective

This course enables you to:

  • understand the role, basic methods and skills of quantitative research.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, delegates should have an understanding of:

  • basic quantitative research techniques
  • problem definition, including the client perspective
  • desk and primary research
  • sampling and fieldwork issues
  • limitations of the research process
  • briefs and proposals
  • selecting and matching quantitative techniques to the problem defined by the client
  • questionnaire design issues

Who will benefit?

This course will benefit researchers who are new to quantitative research, and buyers and users of research.

Price

  • Members £305 + VAT
  • Non-members £455 + VAT

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Research Skills: Introductory

17 March 2010
17 June 2010
21 October 2010

Venue: 15 Northburgh Street, London EC1V 0JR

Course convenors

Don Beverly and Helen Turner

Don Beverly is founder of QED, a research consultancy specialising in high-end market research solutions. An economist by training, he has 30 years’ experience in the market research industry and has worked with a variety of companies, including Unilever, Research International and HI Europe. He is a Fellow of MRS and was winner of the Marketing Category of The British Market Research Awards (February 2001).

Helen Turner is an independent consultant. She has over 30 years’ research experience, working both clientside (Gillette, Spillers, Van den Berghs & Kimberly Clark) & for agencies (Sample Surveys/Synovate). She is a Fellow of MRS and a member of its Standards Board.


“The course overall exceeded my expectations.”
Tania Ahmad, Planning & Evaluation Manager, Post Office Ltd
Introduction to Quantitative Research, September 2005

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