proprietary research

20:29 Feb 15, 2017 

(can't see how they could give any answers otherwise) - but apart from them and those commissioning and those conducting a "proprietary research" absolutely anyone else could be left totally in the dark not only about questions, samples etc but about even the existence of the "proprietary (market) research". OTOH a proportion of "proprietary research" is intended for publishing so it still remains that secrecy IS NOT the defining characteristic of a "proprietary (market) research" nor that "proprietary" should in any way imply a lower standard of quality.

To make a parallel the defining characteristic of driving on UK roads is that you have to drive on the left hand side of the road, not "driving at night" - which would surely also be true in a number of cases.

23:45 Feb 14, 2017 

Opinion polling isn't rocket science or top secret and reputable polling organisations do make their methods available, e.g. sample size, sampling method, questions asked, scoring method and who the client was. Market research is not published in the same way as the client will have commissioned it in order to gain a commercial advantage and will not want their competitors to share the information gained by the research. That doesn't mean that all the methods or questions are secret as respondents have to know the questions in order to answer them.

https://yougov.co.uk/about/panel-methodology/

18:41 Feb 13, 2017 

Thank you, Alison.

17:57 Feb 13, 2017 

Proprietary Research
Research owned by and reserved exclusively for the client who purchased the research.
http://www.susla.edu/office-of-grants-and-sponsored-programs...
Building demographic profiles through proprietary research and then finding creative ways to share them with stakeholders. (Directed research and reporting.)
https://www.behance.net/gallery/6052529/Research-Trend-Artic...
“Directed” research, on the other hand, is commissioned by an individual member, or group of members, who pay additional fees for the research, and enjoy exclusive rights to the IP.
The co-existence of generic (shared) and directed (proprietary) research poses an interesting planning challenge, requiring a mix of open, collaborative research environments with other closed-wall rooms that can be easily secured.
https://www.labdesignnews.com/article/2015/05/between-lab-fa...
LMC Automotive undertakes single client proprietary consultancy assignments tailored to meet the specific needs of individual clients.
http://s667047804.websitehome.co.uk/services/other-services/

15:12 Feb 13, 2017 

Thank you, Daryo.

14:42 Feb 13, 2017 

is one of the trickiest terms I've seen so far.

Often translated by "protected by a patent" - which often is true but is only a secondary/derived aspect of some solution being "proprietary";

The basic idea is something along the lines of "it's our own unique way of doing it" - "we are using a proprietary algorithm" means "it's our own/it's unique to us" and could be protected from unauthorised copying indifferently by a patent or simply by keeping it secret [probably the most publicised case is the recipe for Coca Cola - there is no patent for it]!

So "proprietary" can be associated with "secrecy" but not necessarily.

In this ST it could mean "research conducted using some methods of our own" or "with an aim that was of interest to us (or whoever commissioned the research)", stays pretty undetermined, unfortunately.

I don't think that the meaning of "proprietary" in the context of export control is much relevant for this ST.