Service Suppliers

The following organisations, all of whom are members of the ASC, have supplied information about the services that they offer to clients. We hope that this information may be of use to users of this site. However, the ASC can take no responsibility for the suitability of any supplier for any service.

If you are a member of ASC and would like to have an entry on this page, please send details to the ASC Service Supplier Manager. Note that descriptions are limited to about 50 words.

Central Statistics Office, Ireland		Web Site: www.cso.ie	Last updated: 16/2/2005
	The Central Statistics Office is Ireland's national statistical agency. Its mission statement is Statistics for a Modern Ireland - The efficient and timely provision of high quality information needed by a changing society . All CSO statistics are published on its website at time of release.

Centurion Marketing Systems Ltd		Web Site: www.marsc.co.uk	Last updated: 7/1/2004
	Our team of consultants have a wealth of experience in the design, development and implementation of sampling systems for ad-hoc, continuous and event driven market research projects. Whatever your sampling needs please contact us at www.marsc.co.uk to arrange a meeting to discuss your specific requirements in detail.

Centurion Marketing Systems Ltd supplies software that is described in the Software Register.

Cobalt Sky Ltd		Web Site: www.cobalt-sky.com	Last updated: 5/7/2004
	Cobalt Sky Ltd provides IT services to the market research industry, including web surveys, data processing & tabulation, and specialist programming. We have particular expertise in SPSS MR products. Software products including Vector for web cross-tabs and Winyaps for table formatting and delivery.

Cobalt Sky Ltd supplies software that is described in the Software Register.

DataTalk (Statistical Solutions) Ltd		Web Site: www.datatalkonline.co.uk	Last updated: 20/2/2003
	We can: provide analysis of business information to develop communications with customer, prospects and employees setup Employee and Customer Surveys to identify needs and attitudes host marketing, customer service and database information to provide regular insights and monitoring of performance

Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS)		Web Site: www.esds.ac.uk	Last updated: 12/7/2004
	The Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) provides preservation, dissemination, user support and training for an extensive range of key economic and social data, both quantitative and qualitative, spanning many disciplines and themes. ESDS provides an integrated service offering enhanced support for the secondary use of data across the research, learning and teaching communities. It holds several thousand datasets.

Gamma Associates Ltd		Web Site: www.gamma.uk.com	Last updated: 21/5/2005
	Designed with power and functionality in mind Gamma mTAB can handle huge amounts of data, numbers of respondents and multiple studies of extreme complexity but with all this it is still very easy to use. Our clients rely on mTAB daily to review buyer behaviour, brand image and awareness, advertising tracking, consumer satisfaction, mystery shopping and many other types of data.

Gamma Associates Ltd supplies software that is described in the Software Register.

Insitute for Social and Economic Research		Web Site: www.iser.essex.ac.uk	Last updated: 15/2/2003
	The Insitute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) specialises in the design and analysis of longitudinal surveys for academic and social policy research.

Market Research Society		Web Site: www.mrs.org.uk	Last updated: 15/2/2003
	The Market Research Society (MRS) is the UK`s professional association for individuals working, or interested, in market, social and opinion research. Its many activities include an extensive training programme, annual conference and other events, and it provides a range of specialist guidelines on best practice. Members must comply with the MRS Code of Conduct.

MobileDataUK		Web Site:	Last updated: 13/3/2005
	MobileDataUK provides complete solutions for the capture of field information using fast, highly mobile devices such as mobile phones and PDAs. Our applications are based around a wireless toolkit that provides security, network resilience and includes server-side integration with back-end databases or systems. MobileDataUK applications include an XML-based forms engine that can seamlessly update server-generated forms down to a mobile device and wirelessly retrieve the collected data back to central systems.

MRDC		Web Site: www.mrdc.co.uk	Last updated: 26/3/2008
	MRDC is a specialist UK based data processing agency which has been serving the market research industry for over 15 years. We offer a comprehensive data processing and tabulation service specialising in areas such as skilled data entry, tracking studies, web data analysis and automated analysis/reporting. We believe that we can offer more than any other DP bureau at competitive prices.

MRDC supplies software that is described in the Software Register.

National Centre for Social Research		Web Site: www.natcen.ac.uk	Last updated: 15/2/2003
	National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is the UK`s largest independent social research organisation. It designs, carries out and analyses research studies in the field of social and public policy.

National Statistics		Web Site: www.statistics.gov.uk	Last updated: 15/2/2003
	National Statistics is the official source for authoritative, accurate and relevant information on the UK`s economy and society. It brings together a vast range of statistics overseen by the National Statistician. The National Statistics logo is your assurance of statistics produced to the highest professional standards. For more information about National Statistics visit our website.

Pulse Train Ltd		Web Site: www.pulsetrain.com	Last updated: 3/2/2005
	A leading international supplier of survey research software, Pulse Train provides a comprehensive range of uniquely innovative solutions covering all aspects of the survey process, from questionnaire design through to data collection (including mixed-mode), analysis and delivery. Bellview� Fusion and Pulsar� Web deliver cutting edge technology to capture data and provide high quality real-time online analytics and graphics, geared to the needs of the Market Research industry.

Pulse Train Ltd supplies software that is described in the Software Register.

QPSMR Limited		Web Site: www.qpsmr.ltd.uk	Last updated: 5/3/2003
	QPSMR Limited supply the powerful, yet easy to use, fully integrated QPSMR software suite. With facilities from questionnaire design, data entry on to analysis and beyond - there is a competitively priced QPSMR solution for everyone! Excellent support is provided, with a bureau department which offers comprehensive survey processing and analysis.

QPSMR Limited supplies software that is described in the Software Register.

Snap Surveys Ltd		Web Site: www.snapsurveys.com	Last updated: 8/6/2004
	Mercator Research Group is a supplier of both survey software and research services. Its SNAP product is one of the world`s leading survey software packages with over 25,000 users worldwide. SNAP designs, publishes, collects and analyses questionnaires that are either paper-based, or internet, phone or PDA.

Snap Surveys Ltd supplies software that is described in the Software Register.

SPSS Inc. (UK)		Web Site: www.spss.com	Last updated: 14/5/2003
	SPSS is a multinational computer software company providing technology that transforms data into insight through the use of predictive analytics and other data mining techniques. The company's solutions and products enable organisations to manage the future by learning from the past, understanding the present and predicting potential problems and opportunities.

SPSS Inc. (UK) supplies software that is described in the Software Register.

Square Systems		Web Site: www.squaresystems.co.uk	Last updated: 5/9/2007
	Square Systems provide support and development of integrated IVR (Interactive Voice Response) and online surveys for all research purposes including multilingual high volume surveys. Key features include instant analysis & online reporting accessed on a secure website, automated email or SMS alerting and transcription service for verbatim comments. IVR surveys can be hosted on our equipment and provided on a pay as you go basis, or survey equipment can be purchased. Square Systems will provide support for installation, survey set-up and management on a contractual basis.

Square Systems supplies software that is described in the Software Register.

Statistical Services Centre		Web Site: www.rdg.ac.uk/ssc/	Last updated: 15/2/2003
	The Statistical Services Centre is a self-financing body within the School of Applied Statistics at The University of Reading. We offer to commercial clients consultancy and training in survey computing, statistical analysis and aspects of data management.

Survey & Statistical Computing		Web Site: www.sasc.co.uk	Last updated: 8/6/2004
	SASC offers consultancy services covering advice, design, implementation and execution for data capture, management, storage, analysis and dissemination with surveys and other statistical data. We concentrate on the particular problems associated with databases for dissemination of statistical information, with proper regard to the needs of both expert and ad hoc users, with adequate functionality and metadata to support both discovery and analysis.

UK Data Archive (UKDA)		Web Site: www.data-archive.ac.uk	Last updated: 12/7/2004
	The UK Data Archive holds several thousand datasets for the social sciences and humanities, which it makes available for research and teaching. Data are acquired from many different sources including central government, academic researchers, opinion poll organisations and other data archives worldwide. The UKDA provides resource discovery and support for secondary use of quantitative and qualitative data in research, teaching and learning as a lead partner of the Economic and Social Data Service.

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