Consumer surveys

The New Farm (2003) Organic valley achieves record growth in 2003. Locally grown beats organic in consumer survey, on http //www.newfarm.org... 

Nature Some types of statistical applications deal with counts and proportions rather than measurements. Examples are (1) the proportion of workers in a plant who are out sick, (2) lost-time worker accidents per month, (3) defective items in a shipment lot, and (4) preference in consumer surveys. 

History has shown us repeatedly that most principles, to most people, have a price. For example, a principle standing against the radiation that emanates from microwaves becomes a nonissue after one receives a micro-wave oven for a birthday present. An opponent of fur becomes a silent champion after inheriting a coat with fur trim. The white meat only advocate secretly enjoys beef when the price of fish becomes too expensive. A philosophical stance against biotechnology has a price even though it would not show up in consumer surveys. It is sometimes measured as a difference in cost other times as a difference in convenience. In still others, it fades as the audience for the cause fades or becomes weary of the issue. 

Self-care in the new miUermium, 2001. Roper Starch Worldwide Inc. http //www. chpa-info.org/web/press room/statistics/consumer survey.aspx (accessed 2-13-2004). 

Interest in reduced-acid citrus juices originated in the early 1960 s when Kilbum and Drager (4) employed electodialysis tc remove citrate ions from juice. The Florida Department of Citrus tested the reduced-acid concept with consumers at the New York World s Fair in 1965, and followed this test with a national consumer survey in 1972. The Coca-Cola Company Foods Division... 

Atmospheric visibility is a property valued by many people, as has been shown in consumer surveys, in addition to affecting transportation safety and the amount of solar energy reaching the ground. In the East, visibility can be reduced to 5 km or less under hazy, humid conditions (25). In the arid west, it can exceed 200 km under ideal conditions. 

Consumer surveys indicate an interest in dairy products that are enriched in CLA (Ramaswany et al., 2001b). As outlined in preceding sections, the level of CLA in milk fat can be enhanced several-fold naturally by diet formulation and selection of individual cows with elevated milk fat CLA. 

Stergachis A, Maine L, Brown L. The 2001 national pharmacy consumer survey. /. Am. Pharm. Assoc. 2002 42 568-576. 

When attention is confined to industrial chemicals, consumer-product research may be excluded. Thus, data relating to consumer surveys, population trends and shifts, gross national product, and psychological factors need be considered only in a few isolated cases. Specialists have developed the necessary techniques and have available an exhaustive statistical literature. Thus, industrial chemicals are rarely consumer goods antifreeze is an exception. Markets usually depend upon other industries which are often far removed from the ultimate consumer. In addition, special and peculiar problems are presented. The scattered, cryptic, and sketchy information, to be made useful, necessitates a lively ingenuity based upon a technical background. 

Public Opinion. A January 1984 consumer survey conducted by the Food Marketing Institute, 77 percent of those polled expressed concern over pesticide and herbicide residues in food, indicating the problem to be a "serious hazard". (Hammonds, 1984). 

If portable rechargeable batteries that have been sold with EEE for the last ten to fifteen years are not introduced in MSW streams, their presence in other streams needs to be identified and evaluated quantitatively. The work carried out by two national collection programs for spent batteries and by CollectNiCad is presented in this chapter. (CollectNiCad is an industry initiated and financed program with a commitment to collect 5,000 tonnes of Ni-Cd batteries in 4 years [1999-2003]). It demonstrates the willingness of the portable rechargeable battery industry to clearly identify the presence of its products in the various market positions and waste streams (Figure 1). A consumer survey made on the hoarding effect in France and the evaluation of quantities of batteries in MSW in France and the Netherlands will be illustrated. 

In November 2000, a consumer survey was performed on the hoarding (home storage) of portable rechargeable batteries in France. The results are based on 1,010 face to... 

In this respect, this study demonstrates the coherence between data collected from two different sources the measurement of quantities of batteries present in MSW and the evaluation of the quantities available for collection by this type of consumer survey. 

As mentioned above, in the consumer survey conducted by BAJ, 1,250 families were surveyed. Almost all their portable electronic devices and appliances using portable rechargeable batteries are widely used in the world market. In order to increase its reliability, repeating of such survey should be performed from time to time or when big changes in the market occur. 

Analysis has shown the potential interest in organic farming labeling as a means of generating market driven incentives to support Italian marine-fish aquaculture. On the demand side, the consumer survey carried out during the promotion sale of experimental organically farmed marine fish has shown ... 

The aim of the study has been to gain more information on consumer habits during the clothing disposal phase. The analysis is based on mixed methods with both qualitafive and quantitative parts. The qualitative method was based on a wardrobe study of clothing to be disposed of, and the quantitative method was based on a consumer survey. 

These methods are based on subjective opinions obtained from company executives and consumers. These methods are ideally suited for forecasts where there are no past data or past data is not reliable due to the changes in environment (e.g., peacetime data on spare part needs for military aircrafts are not useful for forecasts during war time). Qualitative methods are commonly used for strategic decisions where long-term forecasts are necessary. The qualitative approaches vary in sophistication from scientifically conducted consumer surveys to intuitive judgments from top executives. Quite frequently qualitative methods are also used as supplements to quantitative forecasts. In a 1994 survey of forecasting in practice, 78% of top 500 companies responded that they always or frequently used qualitative methods for forecasting (Sanders and Manrodt, 1994). 

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