Quantitative surveys and market research have been our specialty since 1992

We are a survey and market research company that has been offering telephone surveys and services for data
collection to research centers and universities, for which we have developed specific and dedicated
operational methodologies. We mainly carry out CATI, CAMI, CAWI and Mixed-Mode fieldwork
activities for quantitative research on Online Panels and Social Media.
In short, we are experts in data collection for market research.

Quantitative surveys and market research have been our specialty since 1992

We are a survey and market research company that has been offering telephone surveys and data collection services to study centers and universities for over twenty years, for which we have developed specific and dedicated operating methodologies. We mainly carry out fieldwork activities for quantitative investigations with the CATI, CAMI, CAWI, Mixed-Mode, on Online Panels and Social Media. In short, we are experts in data collection for market research.


Our specialization

Investigations and market research CATI

CATI

200+ projects carried out with more than 175.000 interviews in 2020

  • 70+ interviewers
  • Integrated Project Management
  • Mixed-Mode
  • Stratified Sampling
  • Predictive Dialing
  • Operator Training, Monitoring and Supervision
CAWI market research and surveys

CAWI

150+ projects carried out with more than 130.000 interviews in Italy
50+ multicountry projects with more than 45.000 interviews in 2020

  • Ad Hoc Questionnaire Scripting
  • Hosting
  • Integration with Limesurvey
  • Massive Email Submission
  • Invitation via SMS
  • Online Panels
Surveys and searches on social media

Social

20+ projects carried out with more than 10.000+ compilations in the 2020

  • Difficult (niche) target reach
  • Collection of interviews on restricted areas (province, municipality, city, area, etc.)

Our Standard Service

We offer you a data collection service (fieldwork CATI, CAMI, CAWI) from the computerization phase of the questionnaire scripting and putting it online, to the delivery of the raw, weighed and processed data file (tables and frequencies). To do this, we interact with you at every stage of the project in order to always stay in line with your research objectives.

Receiving the Questionnaire and Sample

To get started, send us your questionnaire in the
format you prefer and the sample structure

Questionnaire Setup

When we receive the questionnaire, we script it,
then we set it up online and provide you the link

Test

Before launching the field, we do a pilot test of
20-50 interviews and deliver them to you for inspection

Fieldwork

After the approval of the questionnaire, we begin data collection with the agreed methodology

Dataset delivery

Finally, we send you the file with the weighted data
and the frequency tables in your preferred format

Need help with data collection for your quantitative research project?
Contact us, we will be happy to help you.

News & Methodology

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Incorporate the first question into the invitation email

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Predicting the Response Rates of a Survey from the type of Presentation Made by the Interviewers

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Why do the surveys decline? Analysis at historical and individual level

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Multilingual CATI Center: a Response to the Globalization of Research

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How to Make an Effective and Truthful Questionnaire?

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Use bonus monetary incentives to encourage the web option in mixed-mode domestic surveys

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Effects of non-response and modality in self-administered surveys and with interviewers

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Comparison of the estimated quality in mixed-mode and unimode investigations: a European Social Survey experiment

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Demetra opinioni.net launches the Cawi.it service dedicated to online data collection

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Theory and practice in non-probabilistic surveys - 2

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Theory and practice in non-probabilistic surveys - 1

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Is there a future for investigations?

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Quality Data Comparison of Non-Probabilistic and Probabilistic Low-Frequency Internet Response Samples

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Evaluation of the Effects on Data Quality Mode in Mixed-Mode Surveys

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Probably not probabilistic, this is not the problem!

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Overlapping or not overlapping in dual frame surveys?

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Summary of research on the interviewer effect

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The effect of fashion in questions

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How to identify unreliable questions in the questionnaires?

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