Press Release: February 16, 2010

MarketResearchCareers Announces Most Highly Rated Among Nearly 90 Market Research Suppliers

New industry survey ranking leading market research suppliers reveals e-Rewards, SPSS, Ipsos, and IMS Health as the leaders in their respective research categories.

In the fifth Annual Survey of Market Research Professionals conducted by MarketResearchCareers in January of 2010, customers of nearly 90 market research suppliers across four categories awarded e-Rewards, SPSS, IMS Health, and Ipsos with the highest customer satisfaction scores.

“We are delighted to see so many market research suppliers working diligently to meet the demands of their clients,” said Mike Carroll, Director of Sales and Marketing for MarketResearchCareers. “In a budget challenged environment, it is particularly impressive to see e-Rewards, SPSS, and IMS Health receive the highest customer satisfaction scores from their clients for consecutive years,” said Carroll.

The firms organized by category (in alphabetical order) that were ranked by their customers and included within the 2010 edition of the report include:

ONLINE SAMPLE PROVIDERS

Authentic Response/Return Path
Epocrates
e-Rewards
Experian
GMI (Global Market Insite)
LightSpeed
Luth
MarketTools/Zoomerang
OTX
Research Now
Survey Sampling (SSI)
Toluna
uSamp (United Sample)
Western Wats

SYNDICATED MARKET RESEARCH PROVIDERS

comScore
Data Monitor
Forrester
Frost & Sullivan
Gartner
Hitwise
IMS Health
Information Resources
J.D. Power
Nielsen
NPD
Scarborough
Simmons Market Research

FULL SERVICE MARKET RESEARCH PROVIDERS

Abt Associates
BASES
Brain Juicer
Burke
C&R Research Services
Data Development Corporation
Decision Analysts
Directions Research
Eric Marder Associates
GfK
Gongos
Guideline
Harris Interactive
InsightExpress
International Communications (ICR)
Ipsos
Kelton Research
Knowledge Networks
Lieberman Research Group (East)
Lieberman Research Worldwide (West)
Maritz
Market Strategies
MarketCast
MarketTools
Millward Brown
Morpace
MVL Group
National Analysts
National Research Corp
Opinion Research
OTX
Persuadable Research
Phoenix Marketing
Q Research Solutions
Research International
Synovate
TNS
Vision Critical
Walker Information
Westat

ONLINE SURVEY SOFTWARE PROVIDERS

Apian
CfMC Survey
ConfirmIt
eSurveysPro
EZSurvey
Inquisite
InsightExpress
IntelliSurvey
Nebu
Qualtrics
QuestionPro
SAS
Sawtooth Software
Snap
SPSS
StatPac
SurveyGizmo
SurveyMonkey
SurveyWriter
Vision Critial
Vovici
Voxco
WebSurveyor

The survey was conducted between January 7 and January 26, 2010 with 495 market research professionals completing the survey—providing a data tolerance of +/- 4.4%.

For more information about the report, please visit: http://www.marketresearchcareers.com/marketresearchprosurvey2010.aspx

About MarketResearchCareers

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Visited monthly by nearly half of all market research professionals in the United States and possessing the resumes of more than 30,000 market researchers, MarketResearchCareers is your market research staffing headquarters. See why so many corporate hiring managers, human resource professionals, market research suppliers, and thousands of skilled researchers turn to MarketResearchCareers to fill their market research jobs.

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