Friday, 16 November 2007

things that numbers can not capture. or not?

I am studying for one of those super-useful-mega-boring courses these days: Analysis for Marketing Planning and Decision Making (dubbed Anal Marketing). Currently focusing on measuring the effect of advertising on sales.



On the one hand it's amazing to see how much you can figure out with regression analysis, cluster analysis, conjoint, etc... On the other hand, there is a feeling that there are things that this number-crunching will never manage to capture, i.e. the infitite subtleties of how the human mind responds to persuasion. Or perhaps it can? Is advertising an art, or is it a science?

2 comments:

Joël Céré said...

Both art and science, that's what makes it interesting :-) How are things with you?

fran said...

Hey! our man in California, good to see you here.

Not too bad my friend, not too bad. Relentlessly looking for what's next :)