1 Research Methodology
The research starts with the extensive procurement process of data/information and statistics from company annual reports, government websites, statistic agencies, and paid databases. This information creates a base for the study. This information also helps to define the scope and to narrow down the area for study for the market. This raw information is processed and analyzed to extract crisp data points that currently affect or are likely to affect the industry over the forecast period. After analyzing the information, a proprietary statistical tool is used for market estimation & forecast, which generates the quantitative figures/sizes of the market/sub-segments in the current scenario as well as for over the forecast period.
After estimating the market sizes & estimates, numbers are verified with the industry participants and key opinion leaders. The wide network of industry participants performs a value addition in the research and verify the numbers & estimates of the study. In the last stage of the research process, a final report is prepared, which is then published on different websites as well as distributed through various channels. The figure below contains the different stages of the whole research performed to produce the report.
Data mining is one of the extensive stages of our research process. It involves the procurement of market data and related information through different verified & credible sources. This step helps to obtain the raw information about the supply chain of the industry, the monetary process of different end-uses, the pool of market participants & the nature of the industry, and the scope of the study. The data mining stage comprises both primary as well as secondary sources of information.
In the process of secondary research, various sources are referred to identify and collect industry trends and information for the research process. We at Wantstats have access to some of the most diversified and extensive paid databases which give us the most accurate data/information on market sizes, components, and pricing. Below mentioned is the detailed list of sources that have been used for this study. Please note that this list is not limited to the names as mentioned, we also deploy dynamic access to different other data sources depending on the need for research.
Market Sizing & Revenue
Qualitative Information & Trends
Company Websites
· White Papers
· Magazines
· Company Websites
· Annual Reports
· Press Releases
· Investor Presentations
· Paid Databases
· Authenticated Directories
· Independent Studies
· US Department of Health and Human Services
· Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
· Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
· Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
· World Health Organization (WHO)
· National Health Service (NHS)
· American Heart Association
· Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI)
· Cancer Research UK
· National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
· European Society for Medical Oncology
· Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
· World Cancer Research Fund International
· National Cancer Institute
· International Agency for Research on Cancer
· Cancer Council
· European Society of Cardiology
· Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand
· The Chinese Society for Immunology
· Others
Annual Reports
Investor Presentations
Authenticated Directories
Hoover’s, Factiva, Bloomberg
In the primary research process for data mining to analyze the market share of each key player, in-depth primary interviews are conducted with the CXO’s to understand their market share, customer base, pricing strategy, channel partners, and other necessary information. Besides, in-depth primary interviews are conducted with the CXO’s of vendors, channel partners, and others to validate the supply-side information. In addition, various key industry participants from both supply and demand-side are interviewed to obtain both qualitative as well as quantitative information on the market. In-depth interviews with key primary respondents, including industry professionals, subject matter experts (SMEs), industry consultants, and C-level executives of major companies are conducted to obtain critical qualitative and quantitative aspects pertaining to the market, as well as to assess the prospects for market growth over the forecast period. The detailed information of these primary respondents is mentioned below in the table:
Primary Source
Product Side Subject Matter Experts, Top Management, and CXOs
Technical Persons of Organizations Operating in the Market
Marketing and Business Development Managers, VPs, and Marketing Directors
Various Partner Consultants from the Demand and Supply Sides
· Top of the Mind Key Market Players
· Direct Competitors
· Company Market Shares
· Growth Rate (%)
· Market Trends and Prominent Market Drivers
· Major Brands
· Product Pricing and Catalogues
· Service Cost
· Demand and Supply Scenario
· Types of Services
· Regional Scenario
· Market Trends
End Users
· Adoption of New Technologies
· Acceptance Ratio
· Product Cost
· Service Cost
· Top Products & Services
· Usage and Applications
· Procedure Price
We at Wantstats follow an extensive process for arriving at market estimations, which involves the use of multiple forecasting techniques, as mentioned below.
Forecasting Techniques
Description
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
A combination of qualitative approach, i.e., primary interviews with industry experts to understand the interviewees’ opinions and judgments, more commonly known as the Delphi method, and quantitative analysis to forecast future data based on historical and current data.
Weighted Average Approach
Via this approach, future data is calculated based on the mean of the past data under the assumption that some factors affecting the market in the past will continue to have a similar impact in the future.
Drift Method
This approach is used to vary the forecast, that is, increase or decrease market factor over time depending on various parameters affecting the change in the trends of the market.
Time Series Methods
The integration of several time series methods such as moving average, moving weighted average, linear prediction, and trend estimation is applied while determining the year-on-year growth rate and the compound annual growth rate of the market being studied.
Causal/Econometric Forecasting Methods
Various economic factors such as inflation rate, fiscal policies, changes in government regulations, taxes, labor costs, and interest rates are taken into consideration while determining the current market size and predicting the future market growth rate.
Judgmental Methods
This involves a collection of intuitive judgment, opinions, and probability estimates from industry experts in the case of new or upcoming markets/technologies for which no prior data is available.
Regression Analysis
This type of statistical modeling is carried out for predicting and forecasting dependent and independent variables that will directly or indirectly impact the market.
Probabilistic Forecasting
This forecasting method is carried out to assign a probability to every possible outcome ranging from the least optimistic to highly optimistic, which helps in gauging the market under stable conditions.
PESTLE Analysis
Political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors are taken into consideration while deriving the fluctuations in the growth rate of the market.
Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
By understanding the supplier-side and demand-side factors, the current market scenario can be estimated, and future market scenarios predicted, which aid in deriving the growth rate of the market.
Understanding the market in terms of valuation is a crucial task. This becomes significantly important while investing in and choosing the correct business opportunities. In this regard, we at Wantstats undertake two market sizing approaches simultaneously, namely, the top-down and bottom-up approaches. In this step, we assess different data points, numeric attributes, information, and industry trends to arrive at the estimates and forecast values for the coming years. We use different mathematical models to estimate the market sizes of different economies and segments, each of which is further summed up to define the total market.
We at Wantstats employ a proprietary statistical tool for market estimations, which helps us to arrive at market size estimates and forecasts for different markets and industries.
In the bottom-up approach, the revenue of key companies and their shares in the market are assessed to deduce the market size. More than 75% of the key players operating in the global biomarkers market are studied. The segmental revenue of each player is analyzed, and the size for the global biomarkers market is extracted from the segmental/product revenue with the help of secondary and primary research. The extracted size for the market is then validated with industry experts and partner consultants. This derived market size contributes to around 75% to 80% of the total market share in terms of revenue for the global biomarkers market. Using the data triangulation method, the overall market size is estimated.
The overall market size is then used in the top-down procedure to estimate the size of the other sub-markets with the help of percentage splits of the market segments from secondary and primary research.
The countries considered in the scope of the global biomarkers market are the US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Russia, Poland, the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Czech Republic, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Romania, Ireland, China, Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, South Korea, Pakistan, Singapore, India, Australia & New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Turkey, and others. However, the availability of the products and services can differ owing to the product clearance and approval processes.
The figure below depicts the process of market estimation using independent tools employed by our analysts to arrive at the sizing of the market.
DATA TRIANGULATION
After arriving at the overall market sizes, the total market is divided into several segments and sub-segments. Again, the market breakdown and data triangulation procedures are implemented, wherever applicable, to complete the overall market engineering process and gather the exact statistics for all segments and sub-segments. The data is triangulated by studying various factors and trends from the demand and supply sides. Along with this, the market size is validated using the top-down and bottom-up approaches.
VALIDATION
Validation is the most important stage of the report making the process. Validation via an intricately designed feedback process helps us finalize the sizing estimates and forecast for the final collation. Extensive primary research is performed to verify the information. This includes telephonic and personal interviews, e-mails, feedback forms, questionnaires, and polling options/answers with a group of relevant industry participants. Validation helps to duly check the authenticity of the key industry trends, market dynamics, company market share, different business models, and conclusions.
