Market Decisions

MDC Research is a full-service market research firm headquartered in Portland, OR. To put it succinctly, we gather information from people for research purposes. Why did you call me? MDC conducts market research for many different clients and companies. We have no products or services to sell you, nor do we sell anything on behalf of our clients. Companies and individuals hire us just to gather opinions from people like you. Sometimes this is in the form of a survey, and often it is to recruit you to participate in an in-person research engagement, which is typically compensated. I'm on the National Do Not Call Registry. Doesn't that mean anything? The products you purchase, the services available to you, and even the propositions and candidates that you choose during an election all depend upon market research. Recognizing the importance of this, the government exempted the market research industry from the National Do Not Call Registry. However, we do maintain our own internal "Do Not Call" list for those who choose to not have their opinions counted. Why do I get multiple calls from you? We believe the best decisions can be made only when we've gathered the opinions of the most diverse group possible. Sometimes this means that we need to work harder to reach certain participants whose opinions might otherwise not be included. We can even put your number on our internal "Do Not Call" list. If you'd rather not be contacted, just let us know when we call. How did you get my number? It depends on the type of research we're doing. For example: • If you opted in to our Research Community in the past, we may be using the contact information you provided. • If a company you've done business with wants to conduct research about their products or services, that business may provide us with a list of their customers. • If we're doing a political survey in which we're trying to reach likely voters, we may use information from public voter rolls. • For a community issues study, we may use telephone directories.