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- financial
Ask the advisors: Is tax-loss harvesting common practice?

Though not a novel concept, tax-loss harvesting has received increased public attention over the past few years. Are financial advisors throughout the industry capitalizing on this practice, or does the complexity prevent them from incorporating it into investment strategies?
- customer experience
Using regression analysis to understand what drives customer satisfaction

Net Promoter Score® is a tried and true metric for quantifying customer loyalty, but understanding what drives customer loyalty is often the more impactful insight.
- technology
How to choose the right text analytics software

What’s the difference between spending hours reading through a hodgepodge of written responses and having actionable insights at your fingertips? A quality text analytics software.
Why weighting your survey data is often best

Depending on objectives and feasibility, weighting data may be an appropriate way to measure a population of interest when your sample isn't representative of your desired population.
- technology
Why video surveys produce better market research insights

Videos are everywhere, and market research is no exception. As consumers grow more comfortable with generating and sharing video content, collecting survey responses in video format is an inherent progression for respondents that also offers richer insight for stakeholders.
- technology
Three text sentiment analysis methods — and why ours is better

Sentiment analysis is a core text analytics capability that every organization needs to master to build strong brands and even stronger relationships with consumers. Here’s how three of the most commonly used sentiment analysis techniques work — and why they all fail to produce actionable insights.
- customer experience
What is topic modeling in text analytics?

Topic modeling is the process of assembling a set of recurring topics within a body of text. Using topic modeling, data — like customer feedback or other unstructured data — can be mined at scale to discover frequently used phrases or expressions within the text. Successfully classifying comments into topics is part of an overall approach that enables organizations to understand consumers’ thoughts, opinions, and ideas.
- research communities
How many participants do you need for usability testing?

The typical market research study includes large sample sizes and lots of data points. A quantitative focus like this has its place, but usually not in usability testing.
- technology
What's the difference between social monitoring and social listening?

Although there's a fundamental difference between social monitoring and social listening, the terms are often used interchangeably. I'm even guilty of it myself.