POPULATION INTELLIGENCE · STIMULUS PRESSURE-TESTING
Pressure-test any creative, concept, or deck before you ship.
Upload a creative, product mockup, policy draft, pitch deck, or document. A representative panel — drawn fresh from the same Pew-calibrated population that powers Pulse — reacts and explains why, with cohort breakdowns, expert lenses, and an executive summary. Findings in under three minutes.
SCREENING ROOM vs PULSE
Screening Room
Pulse
Moderated qualitative creative evaluation
Quantitative sentiment research
Video and static stimuli, native observation
Text propositions, documents, images
Anti-sycophancy layer on every respondent
Independent respondent voting
Expert analyst lenses and Strategy Panel layer
Direct aggregation, no moderator layer
Three analysis depths
Single depth
Executive summary with demographic partitioning
Sentiment distribution and crosstabs
HOW IT WORKS
I
Upload the stimuli
One stimulus for a solo evaluation, or up to 4 (video, image, or design variants, depending on plan) for a ranked comparison. Side-by-side preview prior to fielding.II
Select analysis depth
Quick Review for directional signal, Balanced Insight for moderated expert review, Deep Review for premium evaluation.III
Define the audience
Starter templates across 24 markets, or build a custom segment by country, age, gender, income, education, and political leaning.IV
Review the findings
Ranked verdict, respondent-level reasoning, expert analyst reports, and a client-ready executive summary.
APPLICATION DOMAINS
Creative & advertising
Pre-field ads, social assets, brand identity, packaging, and content formats before media commitment.Product testing
Surface reactions to mockups, prototypes, feature concepts, pricing pages, and onboarding flows.Policy & legislation
Pressure-test draft legislation, public initiatives, regulatory changes, and public-health messaging.Communications
Stress-test press releases, crisis statements, ToS revisions, and internal announcements.Pitch & narrative
Evaluate investor decks, fundraise narratives, and sales materials against comprehension and conviction.Editorial & content
Field op-eds, scripts, educational content, and trailer cuts before publishing or production.
THREE DEPTHS OF ANALYSIS
Directional screening instrument
Quick Review
$0.88
~45 seconds
- ✓35 respondents observing the stimulus natively (100%)
- ✓Native multimodal observation — respondents watch the actual creative
- ✓Pre-field Creative Reader: tone and device diagnostic
- ✓400-word panel verdict memo
- ✓Recommended for: early-stage hypothesis tests, directional cuts
Moderated qualitative evaluation
Balanced Insight
$7.50
~2 minutes
- ✓150 respondents, 93% native observation (140 native + 10-member Strategy Panel)
- ✓Four expert analyst lenses (Visual & Production, Message & Brand, Emotional & Cultural, Tone & Creative Device)
- ✓Analyst-grade 1,100-word executive summary
- ✓Demographic partitioning with device-comprehension split
- ✓Recommended for: launch-candidate evaluation, message testing, packaging trials
High-stakes premium evaluation
Deep Review
$40.00
~5 minutes
- ✓400 respondents, 94% native observation (census-grade statistical power)
- ✓Six expert analyst lenses (adds Competitive & Market, Behavioral & Conversion)
- ✓Three-round moderated debate across 20 senior-analyst respondents
- ✓Extended 2,700-word strategic review with open questions and confidence statement
- ✓Three complimentary post-study follow-up questions ($0.25 each thereafter)
- ✓Client-ready PDF deliverable
- ✓Recommended for: final launch decisions, high-spend campaigns, board-level creative review
Commission creative research before the spend.
Traditional qualitative panels cost $20,000 and four weeks. Field a moderated Screening Room study against a census-grounded panel in under three minutes, from $0.025 per respondent (by tier).
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