Weighing up qualitative and quantitative research
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This article looks at the ways in which both types of research evidence are used in the business-to-business side of the telecommunications industry. And it makes a case for giving qualitative information an equal role in an increasingly numerate and quantitative culture; and for reconsidering respondent anonymity as a default option in market research.
The respondents from our research are engineers, marketers and business planners in telephone companies and operators (Cellnet, Orange and Telewest are some of the UK companies...