Qualtrics is undoubtedly a market-leading online software platform for the market research and insights industry. However, although it has a big user base, it doesn’t mean it is the right tool or, indeed, offers the best value. Qualtrics was acquired by the monolithic SAP in 2019, leading to increased pricing and, as far as one can tell, a drift away from medium-sized businesses providing market research services. So, how does Snap compare with Qualtrics?
Upgrading from QPSMR to MRDCL to produce crosstabulations and survey analysis/reporting is not a decision you should make lightly. There is a considerable gulf between a program with a graphical user interface (GUI) and any programming or scripting language. This is true about all software, not just QPSMR and MRDCL.
Experienced users of QPSMR often wonder whether they should upgrade to MRDCL. Many of our customers have taken this route, but it needs careful consideration to understand the pros and cons of making such a decision. Indeed, you could argue that taking on MRDCL is not so much an upgrade as having better tools at your disposal to handle complex or time-consuming tasks.
The need to replace Quantum as a tool for processing market research crosstabs has been gathering pace over the years. Quantum still rates highly in terms of being good at producing crosstabs using a scripting language, but modern data processing needs have moved on significantly since Quantum’s heyday. There are few alternatives
You have successfully collected your survey data but the sample you have ended up with is not representative. “Should I weight my survey data?”, you might ask yourself. You might have 60% males and 40% females whereas you know you want a 50-50 split. The question you have to ask yourself is “is it OK to weight my survey data?”
There are only a handful of software programs that serve the market research and insights business so that users can produce cross-tabulations (or crosstabs as they are often called) using a powerful scripting language – Quantum, MRDCL, and Merlin are three of a small bunch, although MRDCL is the only one actively and continuously developed in recent years.
If you are handling a market research project that is being conducted in more than one country, you are not only likely to encounter language issues and dealing with many stakeholders, but the issue of managing data is probably an important consideration.
There are two types of hierarchical data encountered in market research. These are respondent-based hierarchies and data-based hierarchies. In practice, they are analysed similarly, but, more importantly, they need software capable of analysing hierarchically structured data.
If you type the title of this blog into ChatGPT, it will rightly tell you that the cost of software to handle your surveys may vary from a few hundred dollars to many thousands per year. With so many survey processing platforms available, choosing the one that meets your budget and gives you what you need at the right price is important.
One of the most widely used software packages in the market research and insights business is SPSS. Whether you love or hate it, most research agencies and most research or marketing departments of businesses worldwide will use SPSS.
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