Marketing Research Fundamentals
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What is the primary purpose of marketing research?

  • To monitor competitors' advertising strategies
  • To systematically design, collect, analyze, and report data relevant to marketing situations (correct)
  • To create marketing materials for promotional activities
  • To compile historical sales data for internal records

Which type of research is aimed at gathering preliminary information to help define a problem?

  • Descriptive research
  • Exploratory research (correct)
  • Causal research
  • Quantitative research

What does descriptive research focus on?

  • Describing market potential and consumer demographics (correct)
  • Understanding competitive strategies
  • Formulating hypotheses based on initial findings
  • Identifying the cause-and-effect relationships

What is the key role of competitive marketing intelligence?

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Which aspect is crucial when developing the marketing research plan?

<p>Defining sources of existing data and research approaches (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a common challenge faced by companies regarding internal data?

<p>It ages quickly and may be in the wrong form for decision-making (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes causal research from other types of research?

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Large companies typically handle marketing research using which method?

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What is a key advantage of using mail questionnaires?

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What is a disadvantage of telephone interviewing?

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Which of the following is true about personal interviewing?

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What is a limitation of using focus groups for gathering data?

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What aspect of telephone interviews can lead to biased results?

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Which method tends to have lower response rates?

<p>Mail questionnaires. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a benefit of using individual personal interviews?

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Why might respondents be hesitant to participate in telephone interviews?

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What is a key advantage of using secondary data over primary data?

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Which of the following is NOT a requirement for evaluating secondary data?

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What type of research method involves sending trained observers to watch consumers in their natural environments?

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Which of the following accurately describes a limitation of secondary data?

<p>It may not provide all the data needed for the research. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which observational research method might a food retailer use to evaluate potential store locations?

<p>Traffic pattern observation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it essential for a researcher to evaluate the impartiality of secondary data?

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What makes ethnographic research different from other types of observational research?

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What is a potential drawback when using secondary data?

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What is the primary function of a marketing information system (MIS)?

<p>To aid decision makers in using marketing information (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes big data?

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What is one major challenge associated with big data?

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What does customer insights mean in the context of marketing information?

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How do internal databases primarily benefit a company?

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Which stakeholders primarily use the marketing information system?

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What challenge does the cost of marketing information imply?

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What is essential for a good marketing information system?

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What is the first step in designing a sample for research?

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Which type of questionnaire question allows respondents to give their opinions in their own words?

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In data collection, who can carry out the data collection process?

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What must managers and researchers do when interpreting research results?

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Which of the following is NOT a common instrument for collecting primary data?

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What is a key characteristic of closed-ended questions in a questionnaire?

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What method do some researchers use to understand consumer feelings through brain activity?

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What is the last step in the marketing research process mentioned?

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What is one of the primary advantages of online marketing research?

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In behavioral targeting, what type of data is primarily utilized?

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What concern is often raised by critics regarding online behavioral and social targeting?

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What system has the Federal Trade Commission recommended to address online monitoring?

<p>Do Not Track system (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important for a sample in marketing research to be representative?

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What is the difference between behavioral targeting and social targeting?

<p>Behavioral targeting focuses on website tracking, while social targeting mines social connections (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following methods is least likely to be used in online marketing research?

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What is the primary purpose of consumer tracking in online marketing?

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What is Big Data?

Data sets that are massive and complex, collected through modern technologies.

What are Customer Insights?

Insights gained from marketing information about customers and the marketplace, crucial for building meaningful customer relationships.

What is a Marketing Information System (MIS)?

A system that gathers, analyzes, and distributes marketing information to aid decision-making.

What are Internal Databases?

Information collected from various sources within a company's network, like sales records or customer feedback.

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What is Assessing Information Needs?

The process of determining what information is needed for marketing decisions, balancing the need for information with feasibility and cost.

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Developing Marketing Information

The process of gathering and developing marketing information from various sources, including internal databases.

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What is an advantage of Big Data for companies?

Companies can quickly access and analyze vast amounts of customer data, leading to richer insights.

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What is a challenge of Big Data for companies?

The sheer volume and complexity of big data makes it challenging to manage, process, and analyze.

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What is secondary data?

Information already collected for a different purpose, often readily available.

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What is a benefit of secondary data?

This type of data is typically collected faster and at a lower cost than primary data.

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What are the limitations of secondary data?

Secondary data can be insufficient to address all research needs or may not be relevant, accurate, current, or impartial.

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Marketing Research

Systematic process of collecting, analyzing, and reporting data relevant to a marketing situation facing an organization.

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What is primary data collection?

The process of gathering new data directly from a specific purpose; includes observation, surveys, and experiments.

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Exploratory Research

Gathers preliminary information to define a problem and suggest hypotheses, used to explore the unknown.

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Descriptive Research

Used to describe things like market potential for a product or consumer demographics, provides a clear picture.

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What is observational research?

Observational research involves carefully watching and recording relevant people, actions, and situations.

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What is ethnographic research?

Ethnographic research sends trained observers into real-world situations to study consumer behavior in their natural environment.

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Causal Research

Used to test hypotheses about cause-and-effect relationships, figuring out what influences what.

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What is a survey?

A method of collecting data by asking questions to a specific sample or population.

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Research Plan

A detailed plan outlining the research approach, data sources, contact methods, sampling plans, and instruments used to gather data.

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What is an experiment?

This research approach involves carefully controlled experiments to test a specific hypothesis.

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Internal Information

Data collected for a different purpose, may not be suitable for marketing decisions.

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Competitive Marketing Intelligence

The process of gathering publicly available information about consumers, competitors, and market trends.

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Marketing Intelligence

The systematic monitoring, collection, and analysis of publicly available information about consumers, competitors, and developments in the marketplace.

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Mail Questionnaire

A survey method where respondents receive questionnaires through mail and return them by mail.

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Telephone Interviewing

A survey method involving an interviewer who asks questions and records responses over the phone.

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Personal Interviewing

A survey method where an interviewer directly interacts with respondents in person.

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Focus Group Interviewing

A specific type of personal interviewing where a small group of people discuss a product, service, or organization.

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Honesty Bias in Mail Questionnaires

A potential disadvantage of mail questionnaires where respondents provide less honest answers due to anonymity.

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Interviewer Bias in Personal Interviews

A potential disadvantage of personal interviewing where the interviewer's presence might influence how respondents answer.

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Flexibility in Telephone Interviews

A potential advantage of telephone interviewing where interviewers can clarify questions for respondents.

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Generalizability of Focus Group Results

A potential disadvantage of focus group interviews where findings may not accurately represent the broader population.

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Online Marketing Research

Online marketing research involves collecting primary data through online surveys, focus groups, tracking, panels, and brand communities. It offers speed and low costs.

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Behavioral Targeting

Collecting data about consumers' online behavior to tailor ads and offers to their specific interests. It involves tracking online activities.

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Social Targeting

Using data from social media platforms to target ads and offers. It analyzes social connections and conversations.

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Online Listening

An important piece of marketing research where marketers focus on gathering information from the internet and social media about consumers' needs, opinions, and behaviors.

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Sample

A subset of a population chosen to represent the entire group. By studying the sample, researchers make predictions about the whole population.

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Sampling Plan

A plan that outlines how a sample will be selected from the population. This ensures the sample accurately reflects the characteristics of the whole group.

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Online Behavioral Targeting

The practice of using online consumer tracking data to target ads and offers to specific consumers. It helps marketers reach the right audience with the right message.

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Online Social Targeting

Analyzing social connections and conversations from social media platforms to target ads and offers. It helps marketers understand consumer interests and networks.

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Sampling

The process of selecting a representative group of individuals from a population to study. It involves identifying the target audience, deciding how many participants to include, and selecting the appropriate method for choosing them.

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Questionnaire

A tool used to gather information from respondents. They can be structured with closed-ended questions that provide pre-defined answers or open-ended questions allowing respondents to express their views freely.

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Mechanical Instruments

Instruments used to observe and collect data on consumer behavior without directly questioning them, like cameras or eye-tracking devices.

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Implementing the Research Plan

The process of putting the marketing research plan into action. It involves collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data, as well as drawing important insights.

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Interpreting Research Findings

The stage where researchers analyze the collected data, draw conclusions, and communicate findings to management.

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Neuromarketing

A specialized type of marketing research that uses brain imaging and neuro-scientific methods to understand consumer responses and preferences.

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Study Notes

Managing Marketing Information to Gain Customer Insights

  • Marketers need fresh, detailed insights into customer needs and wants to build valuable relationships
  • Customer insights come from good marketing information
  • Big data provides complex data sets from sophisticated information technologies
  • Big data offers opportunities for rich and timely customer insights, but also presents challenges in accessing and sifting through massive data
  • The real value of marketing information lies in how it's used to get customer insights
  • Customer insights are fresh data-based understandings of customers and the marketplace, creating customer value, engagement, and relationships.
  • A Marketing Information System (MIS) consists of people and procedures to assess information needs, develop needed information, and help decision-makers use it
  • Marketing managers and other information users obtain customer and market insights from marketing information from the marketing-information system.
  • The system consists of assessing information needs, developing needed information (marketing intelligence and marketing research) and analyzing and using information.

Assessing Information Needs

  • The MIS serves marketing managers, other managers, and external partners (suppliers, resellers, marketing agencies)
  • A good MIS balances user needs with what's feasible
  • The cost of obtaining, analyzing, storing and delivering information can be high

Developing Marketing Information

Internal Databases

  • Internal databases are collections of customer and market information from company networks
  • Information from many sources
  • Advantages: quick, inexpensive access
  • Disadvantages: data may be collected for different purposes, incomplete or in the wrong format, quickly outdated, information management can be complex

Marketing Intelligence

  • Competitive marketing intelligence is the systematic collection and analysis of publicly available information about consumers, competitors, and market trends

Marketing Research

  • Marketing research is the systematic design, collection, analysis, and reporting of data relevant to a specific marketing situation facing an organization
  • Companies use research in many situations, large companies have their own research departments, small companies may hire outside specialists
  • The research process:
    • Defining the problem and research objectives
    • Developing the research plan
    • Implementing the research plan (collecting and analysing data)
    • Interpreting and reporting the findings

Defining Problems and Objectives

  • Marketing managers and researchers work together to define the problem and agree on research objectives
  • Exploratory research gathers preliminary information to define the problem and suggest hypotheses
  • Descriptive research describes things, like market potential, demographics, and consumer attitudes towards products
  • Causal research tests hypotheses about cause-and-effect relationships

Primary Data Collection

Observation

  • Observational research gathers primary data by observing relevant people, actions, and situations
  • Example: a retailer evaluates new store locations to check traffic patterns, neighborhood conditions, and competitor locations

Ethnographic Research

  • A form of observational research using trained observers in consumers' natural environments to interact with consumers

Survey Research

  • Survey research gathers primary data by asking people questions about their knowledge, attitudes, and preferences regarding buying behavior
  • Best method for gathering descriptive information
  • A company can directly obtain knowledge, attitudes, preferences, and behaviors of consumers

Experimental Research

  • Experimental research gathers primary data by selecting matched groups of subjects; giving them different treatments; controlling related factors; checking for differences in group responses
  • Best method for gathering causal information

Contact Methods

  • Mail questionnaires: inexpensive way to collect information; responses may be slow and response rates low
  • Telephone interviews: flexible, higher response rates compared to mail; higher cost and potential for interviewer bias; may struggle with privacy concerns now-a-days due to do-not-call listings
  • Personal interviews: individual and group; flexible, high response rates; high cost
  • Online questionnaires/focus groups: fast and low-cost; speed, convenience, reduced bias.

Gathering Secondary Data

  • Secondary data are information that already exists, collected for another purpose
  • Sources: commercial online databases, internet search engines, outside suppliers
  • Advantages: usually cheap and fast
  • Disadvantages: may not be completely up-to-date, correct, or relevant to the current project in question.

Research Instruments

  • Questionnaires: the most common method, administered in person, by phone, email, or online; closed-ended for fixed choices (multiple choice); open-ended for open-ended answers
  • Mechanical Instruments: used to monitor consumer behavior, neuromarketing for brain electrical activity to understand consumer feelings and responses

Implementing the Research Plan

  • Collecting, processing, and analyzing collected information
  • Possible internal or external research teams involved (marketing staff or outside firms)

Interpreting the Findings

  • Researchers interpret findings, draw conclusions, and report to management
  • Managers and researchers work together and share responsibility for the overall process and resulting decisions

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