Resources for market research teams

Practical guides, methodology deep-dives, and product updates on AI survey coding, open-ended analysis, and tracking studies.

A Multi-Country Survey Codebook: Definitions, Examples and Change Control

Keep Spanish-language survey codes comparable across Latin American markets with shared definitions, local evidence, stable IDs and documented changes.

· 1 min read

How to Test AI Survey Coding on Regional Spanish

A bounded pilot protocol for US agencies: reserve held-out responses, build an independent human reference, inspect code-level errors and measure review effort.

· 1 min read

Coding Money Talk in Spanish Surveys

Separate high price, poor value, budget constraints and neutral amounts in Spanish survey responses, with English glosses and practical coding rules.

· 1 min read

Coding Spanish Responses in Latin America and Spain

Code Spanish survey responses across Latin America, with Spain as a comparison. Use shared concepts, contextual examples and human review before export.

· 1 min read

Best AI Tools to Code Open-Ended Survey Responses (2026)

Eleven ways to code open-ended survey responses with AI and get the codes into SPSS, compared on codebooks, human review, .sav export and tabulation.

· 18 min read

Open-Ended Survey Questions: How to Write Ones You Can Code

How to write open-ended survey questions that give you answers you can analyze: wording, examples, how many to include, and what happens at coding time.

· 5 min read

Survey Codebook Example: What to Put in Each Entry

A worked survey codebook example: the fields each code needs, include/exclude rules, edge cases, and how to version and review a codebook across waves.

· 6 min read

What Is a Codeframe? Definition & Examples

A codeframe is the list of categories used to code open-ended survey responses: what it is, how it differs from a codebook, and how to build one.

· 10 min read

Cross-Tabulation Analysis: A Researcher's Guide

What a cross-tabulation is, how to read the base and the significance letters, how to run one in SPSS, and the four mistakes that survive review.

· 12 min read

AI Open-End Coding: How It Works and Where It Breaks

How AI codes open-ended survey responses step by step, the five failure modes that survive a demo, and what to check before trusting a codeframe.

· 5 min read

Open-End Coding in Market Research: A Working Guide

What open-end coding means in commercial market research: codeframes, multi-coding, waves and deliverables, and how it differs from academic qualitative coding.

· 7 min read

Survey Coding: The Complete Guide for Market Researchers

Learn survey coding step by step: build a codebook, review AI assignments and export to SPSS or Excel. See a worked example with initial and reviewed files.

· 1 min read

Three AI Layers and Your Review: Research-Grade Coding

Preparation, classification and quality review, then refinement by you: how three AI layers and your team's review deliver consistent open-end coding at scale.

· 4 min read

Why Your NPS Analysis Doesn't Drive Action (2026)

Why NPS verbatims rarely lead to clear decisions — and how multi-coding, consistent codebooks, and AI turn them into drivers you can act on.

· 6 min read

How to Code Qualitative Survey Data: Complete Guide (2026)

Learn how to code qualitative survey data with rigor and speed. Step-by-step guide to codebooks, themes, and AI-assisted analysis.

· 9 min read

NPS Verbatim Analysis: From Comments to Drivers (2026)

Turn NPS open-ended feedback into decisions. How to code verbatims, group them into drivers, and quantify what actually moves your score.

· 8 min read

Bot and Fraud Detection in Surveys: Practical Guide (2026)

Spot bots, duplicate panelists, and low-effort answers before they reach your tables. Detection signals, thresholds, and what to do with flagged cases.

· 7 min read

How to Keep Codebook Consistency Across Waves (2026)

Keep coding consistent across waves of tracking research. Practical guide to codebook versioning, drift control, and audits.

· 7 min read

Export Coded Survey Data to SPSS, R and Python (2026)

Get coded data out cleanly: .sav value labels, encodings that survive accents, and multi-response layouts that don't break your tabs.

· 8 min read

How to Code Multi-Language Survey Responses (2026)

Code open-ended responses across languages without losing accuracy. Practical guide to translation, normalization, and consistency.

· 8 min read