The Research Methods Institute (the RM Institute) is a well-known non-profit

Non-profit organization

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 global organization aiming to empower researcher

Researcher

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s and analyst

Analyst

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s with publications and programs and platforms on research methods and analytics.

The institute was started in 2001 as an informal network of research methods experts, and then grew into a global service organization.

The institute has an international committee of scientific advisors, and now manages a world-wide network of more than 4200 experts and professors in research methods and business analytics

Business analytics

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. It also manages the Global Education Consortium on Research Methods and Business Analytics, which has participation of more than 300 universities in more than 40 countries.

Both its headquarters office and its English language

English language

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 service centre are based in Los Angeles

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, with many representative centres established in Chinese language

Chinese language

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 regions, Russian language

Russian language

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 regions and in India

India

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