Quality control protocols for Qualitative projects are :

  • All respondents are recruited using a screening questionnaire/ recruitment
  • questionnaire (approved by the client).
  • Recruitment is done via data base, rotating team of recruiters and snowballing.
  • At least two recruiters should recruit one focus group respondents.
  • A tight control is exercised to ensure that we are not representing a group of close
  • friends/family/ acquaintances in the sample.
  • All required respondent quotas are specified in the brief.
  • Respondents should not be involved/working in market research, marketing, advertising, public relations, journalism and of course the clients’ line of business
  • Respondents should not have participated or attended focus groups for market
  • research projects in the last six months
  • The recruitment questionnaire/profile sheets to be made available prior to fieldwork
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Quality Control – Tracking Studies

  • Bright future strives to offer high quality and credible data in all assignments. As a part of this endeavor, it uses rigorous standards in all marketing research assignments.
  • Since we are having sound experiences both traditional studies method along with using modern tools to run the studies in the field and for quality ensuring , Consumer Eye does have its own separate and independent quality control department which is directly reporting to research team and management and responsible for the quality work.
  • For Brand tracking exercise, since it is required close monitoring throughout the study tenure hence as a standard practice, Consumer Eye ensure following key points in the field smoothly.
  • ● We always run monthly de-briefing in the beginning of each month to discuss with the interviewers all the issues in the field.

    ● Supervisors and Interviewers who are well experienced in tracking studies category are assigned to project.

  • Pilot interviews are done in-house and later in field as a live interviews. These live pilot interviews are done under the accompaniment of supervisor.
  • Weekly accompaniment by designated Supervisor for different interviewers at least 10% of weekly quota.
  • Field accompaniment stat immediately with the launch of fielding.
  • ● Each interviewer report to Supervisor twice in a week .

    ● Back checks are usually done (40-45% at total) by different department.

    ● The above back checks are carried out on the bases of KPI.

    ● Field Locations/area are assigned and set post consultation with client and the same locations are visit in different wave/track to avoid any discrepancies of data.

    ● Quota are generally monitored on daily and weekly bases to ensure to meet the weekly and monthly set target

    ● In case of any field interviewer are required to induct then new The new interviewers will be attending live interviews for one week before replacing /starting the actual interviews

    ● For team backup , we always train additional 3-4 interviewers so in case of any drop out during the field can be covered that vacuum with stand by team.

    ● Every interviewers data are being analyze on weekly and monthly bases to monitor the fieldwork quality

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Quality Control – Tracking Studies Reporting

  • Data are analyze on monthly bases on different major KPI so as a standard practice, consumer Eye generally report to the client with the top line report for the weekly/monthly fieldwork covering the following KPI.
  •      ● TOM
         ● Unaided awareness
         ● Total awareness
         ● Brand Consideration
         ● Brand Usage
  • Data are examine and cross check on weekly bases to track out the trends. Value addition , In addition to above, Consumer Eye always furnish client regularly with market insights like on ground brand activities/publishing (electronic, paper, street/bill board).
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