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December 13, 2021

A Model to Unlock Your Brand's Future Growth Potential

The past year has presented healthcare systems with many changes and challenges, but also many new opportunities. The need for a more integrated patient experience is central to this change. Whether grounded in new technology applications, broader network reach or expanded levels of “whole-self” care, patient expectations have changed profoundly. Many health systems conduct brand research that provides a basic scorecard of market awareness and benign, high-level perceptions. But what if you could take your analysis further? What if you could identify the true drivers of brand preference and en...

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  • The Benefits of Displaying Product or Group Differences Using Biplots

    Written by Dave Bryant, Vice President of Data Analytics Biplots are among the most commonly used tools for describing and displaying differences of various products or group segments on multiple attributes or product features. Biplots are one of many types of “perceptual maps” which also includes discriminant analysis, multidimensional scaling, or plots of group means on principle components or factors. Biplots are more robust than these other techniques in that they can be used with many types of data, such as means, percentages, and frequency counts. Using a healthcare example, we’ll show h...

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  • We’d Give the Conference an A-

    Takeaways from the Insights Association’s Southwest Chapter’s Virtual Vegas Conference Our Founder, Brad Larson, was a featured panelist at the IA’s SW Chapter’s Virtual Vegas Conference in March. To support him, a few of his employees including Mary Lea Quick, V.P. Client Services, and Ryan Luciani, V.P Account Management – were invited to attend. Following is an interview with them and their impression of the event. Interviewer: “Was supporting Brad the only reason you attended this event?” Quick: “Prior to Covid, I attended several in-person events every year, often in ‘sales mode,’ t...

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We've Helped Other Businesses Just Like Yours

Ironwood has done a fantastic job fielding our mixed-mode survey in several cities across the U.S. We tasked the Ironwood team with a challenging set of quotas in order to obtain a sample that over-represented people with lower incomes and people of color. They expertly executed the sample management, fielding of both a web and phone version of the survey, in multiple locations and languages, and ensured that we received accurate data in a timely fashion. 

Their expertise fielding surveys is further complimented by their friendly and professional interactions with the client.

Vanessa Oddo
Assistant Professor, State University

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