3. Marketing Flashcards
Objectives
Sales volume/value
Sales growth
Market share
Brand loyalty
value of objectives
aligned with c. obj
provides focus
measure performance
primary MR
collected first hand for specific purpose
secondary MR
existed already for other purpose
examples primary MR
focus group
survey
interviews
product trial
mystery shoppers
examples secondary MR
market report
trade associations
sales transactions
big data
Primary benefits and negatives
good: fit for purpose, up to date, detailed insight
bad: time consuming, costly, risk of bias
secondary MR benefits and negatives
good: free/easy, market insight
bad: out of date, costly, not tailored
Quantitative
data, numbers, figures ect
Qualitative
opinions, beliefs, attitudes
sampling
gather data from sample to represent target population
3 types of sampling
quota
stratified
random
benefits of sampling
insight provided
decision making = reduces risk/cost
flexible and quick
drawbacks of sampling
unrepresentative
risk of bias
not useful with changing opinions
stratified sampling
one from each rep group of full target population
quota sampling
based on characteristics
random sampling
randomly chosen
correlation
strength of relationship
+1=positive
-1=negative
0=no
Confidence interval
how certain they are of results (margin of error)
confidence level
% probability that research is correct
PED
%change in quantity demanded/
%change in price