http://www.dimensionalresearch.com/blog/2010/05/26/the-curse-of-the-fascinating-outlier/ Market Research Insights for Technology Companies Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:50:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.dimensionalresearch.com/blog/2010/05/26/the-curse-of-the-fascinating-outlier/comment-page-1/#comment-366 Can Research Do More Harm than Good? — Technology Market Research | Dimensional Research Blog Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:13:03 +0000 http://www.dimensionalresearch.com/blog/?p=461#comment-366 [...] I understood the audience’s reaction to the “give me feedback” line. It’s frustrating to be asked to give feedback when you don’t believe it matters or don’t believe it will change anything. And I get where Tim’s angst about research comes from, especially the scenario he talks about which looks like a clear case of a “Fascinating Outlier“. [...] [...] I understood the audience’s reaction to the “give me feedback” line. It’s frustrating to be asked to give feedback when you don’t believe it matters or don’t believe it will change anything. And I get where Tim’s angst about research comes from, especially the scenario he talks about which looks like a clear case of a “Fascinating Outlier“. [...]

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