ARF (Advertising Research Foundation)
641 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Phone 212-751-5656
Fax (212) 319-5265
Website: http://www.arfsite.org
Email: Email@arfsite.org
Description: The Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) is a nonprofit corporate-membership association that is today the preeminent professional organization in the field of advertising, marketing and media research. The principal mission of the ARF is to improve the practice of advertising, marketing and media research in pursuit of more effective marketing and advertising communications. (top)

AMAI (Asociacion Mexicana de Agencies de Investigacion)
Homero 229-102, Polanco
Mexico, D.F., 11560, Mexico
Phone: (5) 545-1465, (5) 250-9045, (5) 250-8936
Fax: (5) 254-4210
Website: http://www.amai.org
Email: N/A
Description: The AMAI was the first association for marketing and opinion research companies in Mexico. It was established in 1992 to define common quality norms and standards in methods, techniques, terminology, analysis criteria, and so on, as related to marketing research in Mexico. (top)

CAMRO (Canadian Association of Marketing Research Organizations)
2121 Argentina Road, Suite 404
Mississauga, Ontario, L5N 2X4
Phone: (905) 826-5437
Fax: (905) 826-4873
Website: http://www.camro.org
Email: info@camro.org
Description: CAMRO is Canada’s industry association for full-service marketing research companies and data collection specialists. Established in 1975, CAMRO is the voice of Canada’s leading marketing research organizations and a central source of information on the industry. (top)

ESOMAR (The World Association of Research Professionals)
Vondelstraat 172
1054 GV Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 664 21 41
Fax: +31 20 664 29 22
Website: http://www.esomar.nl
Email: email@esomar.nl
Description: ESOMAR is the leading international association for marketing and opinion research representing the highest possible standards both professionally and technically. It’s mission is to promote the use of opinion and marketing research for improving decision making in business and society worldwide. Its membership currently consists of 3,800 members in 96 countries, both user and provider of opinion and marketing research. (top)

MRS (The Market Research Society)
15 Northburg Street
London EC1V OJR United Kingdom
Phone: +44 0171 490 4911
Fax: +44 0171 490 0608
Website: http://www.marketresearch.org.uk
Email: info@marketresearch.org.uk
Description: The MRS is the world’s largest professional body for individuals employed in market research or with an interest in it. Founded in 1946, it boasts over 8,000 members working in most organizations currently undertaking market research in the UK and overseas. It exists to set and enforce the ethical standards to be observed by research practitioners, and to provide a framework of qualifications and membership grades reflecting the education, knowledge, and competence required for the effective conduct of market research. (top)

MRSA (Market Research Society of Australia)
Address: N/A
Phone: N/A
Fax: N/A
Website: http://www.mrsa.com.au
Email: sydney@bigpond.com.au or melbourne@bigpond.com.au
Description: The MRSA is a body of over 1,300 market research professionals who are dedicated to increasing the standard and understanding of market research in Australia. It assists members in developing their careers by heightening professional standards and ethics in the fields of marketing and social and market research. (top)

NCPP (National Council on Public Polls)
Suite 300
1375 Kings Highway East
Fairfield, CT 06430-5318
Phone: (800) 239-0909
Fax: (203) 331-1750
Website: http://www.ncpp.org
Email: N/A
Description: The National Council on Public Polls (NCPP) is an association of polling organizations established in 1969. Its mission is to set the highest professional standards for public opinion pollsters, and to advance the understanding, among politicians, the media and general public, of how polls are conducted and how to interpret poll results. (top)

QRCA (Qualitative Research Consultants Association)
P.O. Box 2396
Gaithersburg, MD 20886
Phone (301) 391-6644
Fax (301) 391-6281
Website: http://www.qrca.org
Email: qrca@qrca.org
Description: The Qualitative Research Consultants Association (QRCA) is a not-for-profit professional organization whose is to promote and maintain the highest standards of ethics and integrity on the part of qualitative researchers in their work and in their relationships with clients, field suppliers and respondents; broaden awareness and appreciation of qualitative research within the marketing research community; and provide a communications channel among members and between qualitative research consultants and others engaged in marketing and survey research. (top)

RIC (Research Industry Coalition)
P.O. Box 182
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Phone: 631-928-6803
Fax: 631-928-6041
Website: http://www.researchindustry.org
Email: info@researchindustry.org
Description: The members of the Research Industry Coalition (RIC) are the leading professional and trade associations in the fields of marketing and opinion research. Its members subscribe to codes of professional ethics and practices that stress honesty, respectful treatment and professionalism in our contacts with all that take part in our surveys or other modes of research. (top)

WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion Research)
WAPOR Secretariat
CB 3365, Howell Hall
School of Journalism and Mass Communication
University of North Carolina
CB 3365, Howell Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365
Phone: 919-962-6396
Fax: 919-962-4079
Website: http://www.wapor.org
Email: N/A
Description: The World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) is a professional society of individuals engaged in public opinion research, market research, and social research. Their membership includes people from every sector of the research community: academic institutions, commercial organizations, government agencies, and non-profit organizations. (top)