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- April 8, 1992--This summer SYSTAT, Inc. and Sawtooth Software will
- co-sponsor a three-day conference on PC-based market research techniques.
- The 1992 Sawtooth Software Conference, to be held July 22-24 in Sun
- Valley, Idaho, will offer sessions presenting techniques for
- computer-aided collection, analysis, and display of market research data
-
- SYSTAT, Inc. produces and distributes SYSTAT, FASTAT, and MYSTAT, powerful
- statistical and graphics software for a wide range of business and
- research applications. Sawtooth Software is a Ketchum, Idaho-based
- developer of software for data collection and analysis.
-
- "Many people who are familiar with SYSTAT may not be aware of how prevalent
- use of the software is among market researchers," says Ken Kombluh,
- director of marketing for SYSTAT, Inc. "In a study we conducted (using
- SYSTAT), we found almost 18% of our users were using our software for
- marketing and business applications. The combination of SYSTAT and
- Sawtooth Software's products is ideal, so we're very pleased to be
- involved in this conference."
-
- Sawtooth Software has sponsored four previous market research conferences.
- The firm wanted to broaden the scope of its 1992 conference to include the
- types of analyses and graphics generated by SYSTAT products, and asked
- SYSTAT, Inc. to help coordinate sessions for this year's program.
-
- "Past Sawtooth Software conferences have focused on PC-based tools for
- interviewing, conjoint analysis, perceptual mapping and cluster analysis,"
- says Joe Curry, president of Sawtooth Software. "By co-sponsoring this
- year's conference with SYSTAT, we're exposing users to a wider range of
- tools, and showing how well they all work together."
-
- The 1992 conference will detail the use of PC software throughout the
- market research process, from initial data collection to presentation of
- findings and conclusions.
-
- Sessions will show attendees how to effectively use software to conduct
- interviews and surveys, perform statistical analyses on data sets, produce
- high-quality graphics, and integrate graphics into presentations. Several
- sessions on specific statistical routines, including discrete choice
- analysis and tree-structured data analysis, will be presented.
-
- The conference sessions offer a mix of speakers from industry and academia.
- Representatives from Apple Computer, Chrysler Corp., Cornell University,
- Duke University, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., and several market research
- consulting firms are scheduled to speak. SYSTAT, Inc. president Leland
- Wilkinson will present sessions on data analysis and the use of two- and
- three-dimensional graphics for data display. Representatives from Sawtooth
- Software will speak in several sessions.
-
- "SYSTAT, Inc. is committed to providing market research solutions, and we
- will continue to sponsor these kinds of events, offer more products, and
- provide service and technical support for market research applications,"
- says Kornbluh.
-
- SYSTAT, Inc. will also be sponsoring a data analysis short course in
- Hailey, Idaho just prior to the Sawtooth conference. The short course, to
- be held July 20-21 at the College of Southern Idaho, will provide detailed
- instruction in the use of the DOS version of SYSTAT. The course will cover
- basic features of SYSTAT, and will also show how SYSTAT solves specific
- data analysis problems.
-
- For mroe information on the market research conference, contact Tiffany
- Holmes at 708-864-5670, or FAX number 708-492-3567. Contact Mary Kennedy
- at the same phone and FAX numbers for more information on the SYSTAT short
- course.
-
- SYSTAT Inc, 1800 Sherman Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
- 708-864-5670
-
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