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New Research Methods

To help people eat better, we need to understand the “whys” behind their behavior. This section explains research methods we use that help answer the “why’s” behind food psychology.

Using Laddering to Understand and Leverage a Brand’s Equity

This describes an in-depth interviewing method that generates easy insights.

Estimating an Advertisement’s Impact on One’s Consumption of a Brand

New Techniques to Generate Key Marketing Insights

This is the foundation of brainstorming in the Food and Brand Lab.

Increasing Cognitive Response Sensitivity

Verbal protocols can be very useful if these measures are taken.

Developing and Validating Useful Consumer Prototypes

A prototyping technique that helps us “walk in the shoes” of consumers.

Methods and Measures that Profile Heavy Users

Here is how to most effectively profile heavy users for a product or food.

Building a Successful Convenience Panel

A easy way to inexpensively collect preference and consumption data from real consumers.


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