Our Market Research Expertise
Alpha Analytics Services specialises in providing end to end market research and market research support services that help your organisation transform your data into decision making tools. Our market research consulting services provide a comprehensive, research-based view that is crucial for building business intelligence and overcoming market challenges. Our research and data analyst have exposure about industry verticals such as Consumer Goods, Banking, Finance & Insurance, Retail & eCommerece, Food & Beverages, Healthcare, Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals & Materials, Electronics, IT & Telecom, Automobiles & Aerospace, Office Equipment, Manufacturing, Travel & Leisure.
Our market research consulting services includes Customise Research Services, Customer Insights, Bench-marking Studies, Competitive Intelligence, End-User Analysis, Forecasting, Market Assessment & Market Entry, New Product Development, Partner and Vendor Analysis, Portfolio Optimisation, Pricing Analysis, Technology Assessment etc.
Type Of Surveys Conducted
The market research surveys we program online and analyze fall largely into the following areas:
Advertising Effectiveness
Branding Studies, brand health/positioning
Usage and Awareness (U&A)
Conjoint and Pricing Studies
Attitude, Purchase Intent, and Media Consumption Behavior and Preferences
Customer and Employee Satisfaction Surveys
About 40 % work is in the Pharma sector involving Brand Name Tests, Patient Tracking Studies, Pricing and Concept Test, Product Acceptance Test, A&U Studies, etc…
The team has executed over 400 AdHoc and Tracking studies last year across the Consumer Goods, Telecom / IT, Healthcare and Financial Services sectors – many of them being multi-country, multi lingual projects. Conjoint and complex multi-media surveys are also possible. Presently, we collect over 12000-15000 completed surveys per month using our survey platform (AlphaSurveys) and working with various panel providers.
Our Data Analytics Expertise
Alpha Analytics Services specialises in providing end to end market research support services that help your organisation transform your data into decision making tools. Our research and data analyst have exposure about industry verticals such as Consumer Goods, Banking, Finance & Insurance, Retail & eCommerce, Food & Beverages, Healthcare, Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals & Materials, Electronics, IT & Telecom, Automobiles & Aerospace, Office Equipment, Manufacturing, Travel & Leisure.
Our market research support services includes Tracking Studies, Customer Satisfaction Surveys, Panel Research, Segmentation, Brand Health and Positioning Studies, Product or Concept Tests, Pre and Post Ad Testing, Media Viewership and Preference Studies, Brand Perception Studies etc.
We strive to be a premier off-shore data analysis destination for the market research industry and have the state of the art tools, systems and processes in place to ensure consistent and quality turnarounds and 24X7 service support to our clients.
Quality Assurance processes at Alpha Analytics ensure that we complete your projects consistently in time and within budgets. You also benefit from Alpha Analytics Service’s exposure to industry best practices and a team of experienced Data and Statistical Analysts.
Case Study 1 – Luxury Cars – Advertisement Effectiveness:
This automotive luxury car study spanning 5 EU countries in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish measured advertisement effectiveness across a list of 8 luxury car brands. Television clippings, newspaper advertisements, hoardings, magazine inserts, pullouts, radio jingles, etc were shown and compared. The survey was for 60 minutes and involved over 42 MB of downloads. The survey was successful and data quality was excellent.
Case Study 2 – Mobile Phones Pricing – Conjoint Programming
This was a pricing study to determine best offer and prices for a mobile service provider in North America. The challenge was to program the attributes and pricing parameters dynamically. The logic was complex with extensive Flash programming and stringent timelines. The project was successfully delivered on our .Net/MS-SQL based survey platform – AlphaSurveys. Real time Online reporting, checks for data quality and identification of rogue respondents/speedsters was also implemented. This improved data quality and was highly appreciated by the client.
Case Study 3 – Pharma Tracker:
This is a very large tracking study with roughly 150 pages tab-plan and a 200+ page questionnaire We set it up and it continues with us in the 61st wave at present for tabulation and charting. The data is multi-card ASCII and converted to single card ASCII for analysis. Triple S data files are also provided as deliverable besides tables, open-end coding and charting.
Case Study 4 – Beverages Tracker:
This is a 50+ year old annual tracking study on beverages in North America – with us since last 3 years for tabulation and analysis. It contains about 800 tables, each being a special table involving data manipulation and recode. Major recodes involve combination of brands, their consumption times, occasions, location for preparation and consumption, etc. The recode in Quantum is about 10,000 lines and the QC process involved SPSS syntax of over 4000 lines of recode.
Case Study 5 – Data Cleaning and Validation and Survey QC
We provide data validation and cleaning services for over 300 projects each year. The validation is done using quantum. Our clients use this service to validate survey programming for online and CATI studies. Involving a turnaround of between 10-20 hours, the studies Go Live only after our analysts confirm data quality.
Case Study 6 – Predictive Modeling for forecasting Primary and Secondary Sales
Predictive models for Primary (Nielsen) Sales and Trade Sales were constructed for consumer products using past multi-year sales, advertisement and promotions data. The model was useful for the client’s production and marketing planning and offered a marked improvement on the metrics used over earlier years. Regression, Correlation and factor analysis was used to enable prediction.
Case Study 7 – Respiratory Disorder – Devices Study (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka)
This F2F study involved over 120 minute In-Depth Interviews among Specialist Doctors and Pharmacists to compare medical devices shown. The study explored patient profiles, price sensitivity, prescription practices, current / desired usage for branded v/s generic drugs and product feedback on devices shown. Timely and satisfactory execution of this complex study won us a happy and regular client. The study was conducted across 15 cities in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Case Study 8 – Cancer and Diabetes Studies
The In-depth F2F study among Oncologists compared prescription practices across patients at different stages of therapy. Current and past drug therapy regimens, frequency and cyclicity of treatment and specialist feedback on rating of drug combinations and usage limitations were explored in this 10 city survey. Similar studies were done among Diabetologists and Endocrinologists.
Case Study 9 – Multi-country CATI Study – Health & Wellness Industry
The study involved study of training and education option in the industry across 24 countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa. Survey was programmed and telephone interviews conducted in 17 languages from our local affiliates in 14 countries. The data was collected centrally on our servers in US. With a total sample size of over 9000, the survey was successfully completed over 45 working days.
Case Study 10 – Software Product – Focus Group Discussion
The study involved detailed FGDs among home and office users of PCs for an European client. Separate groups of PC owners – tech savvy and General Population were interviewed across 5 cities in India in separate groups. The brief included detailed content analysis, report and presentation. The study was very successful and the report was accepted on first draft. We also had other field projects from the client as a result of this study.