The qualitative market research ‘toolbox’
leads us
to the best method for resolving each customer issue
INDIVIDUAL INTERVIEW
Moderation of face-to-face interviews amongst the
people involved in order to decode the way they think,
make choices and form expectations by understanding
their individual contexts
The interview guideline may focus to different degrees
on the interviewee’s spontaneous reactions,
depending on how exploratory the survey pretends to
be
FOCUS GROUP AND MINI FOCUS GROUP
Bringing people together so that they can share experiences,
working on both conscious and unconscious discussion
levels - using projection techniques – to clarify
any issue arising
ETHNOGRAPHIC OBSERVATION
To observe how the customer interacts with the product/service – at the point of sale or at home – in order to assess both customers’ practices and satisfaction
The observation is followed by a short face-to-face
interview to clarify the attitudes observed
BENCHMARK, DESK RESEARCH
The different methods mentioned above may be complemented by contextual research (Internet, specialist press, etc.)
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