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Methodology Papers

The methodology behind the sample.

In-depth, vendor-neutral white papers on how CatalystMR sources and verifies B2B and healthcare sample, defends data quality against fraud and AI-generated responses, runs CATI, and reasons about real versus synthetic data. Each pairs with a short Insights article. Read free, cite, or download the PDF.

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No. 148Data Strategy
Data Strategy · Synthetic Data & Real Respondents

Real, Synthetic, or Both: A Methodology for Sourcing Decision-Grade Data in the Age of AI

A Methodology for Sourcing Decision-Grade Data in the Age of AI

A current, vendor-neutral methodology for choosing between real respondents (global panel + CATI) and AI-generated synthetic data — a field guide to four k…

● 2026 Edition
~18 minutes read
No. 147Healthcare
Healthcare & B2B Research · Credential Validation

Beyond the Registry: A Methodology for Validating Credentials No Database Can Confirm

A Methodology for Validating Credentials No Database Can Confirm

A vendor-neutral methodology for validating professional credentials when no authoritative registry exists — the audiences a primary-source lookup cannot c…

● 2026 Edition
~16 minutes read
No. 146Healthcare
Healthcare Research · Data Quality

CATI for Healthcare Research: Verifiable, High-Fidelity HCP Data

A Methodology for Verifiable, High-Fidelity HCP Data

The data-quality case for telephone (CATI) interviewing in healthcare research — why self-administered online panels struggle to deliver trustworthy data f…

● 2026 Edition
~14 minutes read
No. 145CATI
CATI Best Practices · B2B Research

CATI for B2B Research: When Business Audiences Need a Live Interviewer

A Methodology for When Business Audiences Need a Live Interviewer

A vendor-neutral methodology for when telephone (CATI) beats self-administered online panel for B2B research — the self-administered ceiling for senior and…

● 2026 Edition
~13 minutes read
No. 144Data Quality
Data Quality · Straight-Lining

Straight-Lining: Detecting Pattern Answering — and Designing It Out

A Methodology for Detecting Pattern Answering — and Designing It Out

A vendor-neutral methodology for straight-lining — what flat, identical answering across a grid is and is not, why matrices invite it, how variance and pat…

● 2026 Edition
~13 minutes read
No. 143Data Quality
Data Quality · Speeder Detection

Speeder Detection: Catching Speeders Without Discarding Fast Readers

A Methodology for Catching Speeders Without Discarding Fast Readers

A vendor-neutral methodology for speeder detection — why a single timing threshold is not enough, the four timing layers where speed is measured, the instr…

● 2026 Edition
~14 minutes read
No. 142Data Quality
Data Quality · Respondent Validation

Respondent Validation: Protecting the Finding, Not Just the Dataset

A Methodology for Protecting the Finding, Not Just the Dataset

A vendor-neutral methodology for respondent validation — why undetected fraud biases findings rather than merely adding noise, the five integrity questions…

● 2026 Edition
~16 minutes read
No. 141CATI
Methodology · Mixed-Mode Design

Mixed-Mode Sample: Combining Telephone and Online for Coverage & Feasibility

A Methodology for Combining Telephone and Online for Coverage & Feasibility

A vendor-neutral methodology for combining CATI and online panel into one coherent, mode-flagged dataset — four design patterns, a single-master-screener i…

● 2026 Edition
~16 minutes read
No. 140CATI
Methodology · Screen-Sharing CATI

Screen-Sharing CATI: Running Visual and Choice-Based Studies by Phone

A Methodology for Running Visual and Choice-Based Studies by Phone

A vendor-neutral methodology for screen-sharing CATI — delivering visual stimuli and choice-based tasks (conjoint, MaxDiff, ad and concept tests, pricing t…

● 2026 Edition
~15 minutes read
No. 139CATI
Methodology · Mode Selection

When to Use CATI: Choosing Telephone as the Primary Survey Mode

A Methodology for Choosing Telephone as the Primary Mode

A vendor-neutral decision framework for when computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) should be the primary survey mode — judged on coverage, cooper…

● 2026 Edition
~15 minutes read
No. 138Data Quality
Data Quality · Fraud & AI Detection

Survey Fraud: AI-Generated Responses and New Detection Methods

AI-Generated Responses and New Detection Methods

A vendor-neutral methodology for detecting modern survey fraud — synthetic identities, bots, automated scripts, copied and AI-generated open-ends — through…

● 2026 Edition
~16 minutes read
No. 137Data Quality
Data Quality · Respondent Validation

The 11-Point QC Framework — A Methodology for Validating Survey Respondents

A Methodology for Validating Survey Respondents

A practical, vendor-neutral framework for catching fraudulent, inattentive, duplicate, and AI-generated respondents — eleven QC checkpoints across pre-fiel…

● 2026 Edition
~17 minutes read
No. 136Healthcare
Healthcare Research · Rare Disease & Patient Recruitment

Rare-Disease Patient & Caregiver Sample — A Methodology for Ultra-Low-Incidence Recruitment

A Methodology for Ultra-Low-Incidence Recruitment

A vendor-neutral methodology for recruiting rare-disease patients and caregivers — a multi-source recruitment funnel under one screener, confirmed-diagnosi…

● 2026 Edition
~17 minutes read
No. 135Healthcare
Healthcare Research · Method & Mode Selection

The CATI Advantage in HCP Research: A Methodology for Recruiting, Interviewing & Screen-Sharing to Decision-Grade Data

A Methodology for Online, CATI & Mixed-Mode

A vendor-neutral methodology for choosing how to field healthcare-professional research — online, telephone (CATI), or mixed-mode — by matching method to a…

● 2026 Edition
~16 minutes read
No. 134B2B
B2B Research · Feasibility & Incidence

B2B Sample Incidence — A Methodology for Modelling Feasibility by Title and Industry

A Methodology for Modelling Feasibility by Title and Industry

A repeatable five-step workflow for modelling B2B incidence and feasibility before field — define, model the range, translate, soft-launch, revise — ground…

● 2026 Edition
~17 minutes read
No. 133B2B
B2B Research · Decision Authority

C-Suite & Senior-Executive Sample — Verifying Decision Authority in B2B Research

A Methodology for Verifying Decision Authority in B2B Research

A vendor-neutral methodology for verifying B2B decision authority — separating seniority from authority, a four-level authority taxonomy, mapping the decis…

● 2026 Edition
~18 minutes read
No. 132Healthcare
Healthcare Research · Credential Verification

Credible Physician Sample — Verifying Healthcare-Professional Credentials

A Methodology for Verifying Healthcare-Professional Credentials

A vendor-neutral methodology for verifying physician and HCP credentials in market-research sample — a four-tier evidence ladder from self-report to primar…

● 2026 Edition
~18 minutes read
No. 131B2B
B2B Research · Specification & Sourcing

Trustworthy B2B Sample — Specifying and Sourcing Business-Professional Respondents

A Methodology for Specifying and Sourcing Business-Professional Respondents

A vendor-neutral methodology for specifying a B2B audience as verifiable variables and sourcing it transparently — the five B2B sample source types, single…

● 2026 Edition
~18 minutes read
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