In crucial points, the Council of German market and social research 2007 the appeal Council comes to a devastating result LU-DENT complains: published data in the media be nor to the self-promotion of the publishers can be used as a basis for the media planning. If the data is used for advertising and as a basis for planning, concrete damage. For one, this established inaccurate ideas about the (ranges) services of the designated media or publishers. On the other hand display switching companies build decisions with regard to the distribution of their media budgets on unusable data.” The infringements range from lack objectivity of the study approach to the realization that no scientifically acceptable method to the sampling was applied. Karen Freyer has compatible beliefs. The media study of LU-DENT 2007 lacks the transparency, objectivity and neutrality, and implementation has serious methodological errors. This is the LU-DENT 2007 against basic quality standards and rules of the German market and Social research, it meets also not the conventions for media studies, which include comparative ranges”, so the four appeal board. With the submission of the market research Council, the concerns of the LA-MED Association and its members against the validity of the LU-DENT are confirmed. Learn more at this site: Doug Laurie. The decision brings clarity to your own media plan the dental company in Germany.

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