4.4 - Market Research

Question 1

Academic Journals

Answer 1

Periodical publications from educational and research institutions that publish data and information relating to a particular academic discipline

Question 2

Ad-hoc market research

Answer 2

Is market research conducted as and when required in order to deal with a specific problem or issue

Question 3

Continuous market research

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Is market research conducted on an ongoing basis, rather than a one-off (ad-hoc) basis

Question 4

Convenience sampling

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Uses research participants who are easy (convenient) to reach. It relies on the ease of reach because of the convenient availability of volunteers

Question 5

Focus group

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Involves forming small discussion groups to gain insight into the attitudes and behaviour of respondents. The group is typically made up of participants who share a similar customer profile

Question 6

Government publications

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Are a type of secondary market research, referring to official documents and publications released by government entities and agencies

Question 7

Interviews

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Are a type of primary research that involve discussions between an interviewer and interviewees to investigate their personal circumstances, preferences and opinions

Question 8

Market analysis

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is a form of secondary market research that reveals the characteristics, trends and outlook for a particular product or industry, such as market size, market share and market growth rate.

Question 9

Market research

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Refers to marketing activities designed to discover the opinions, beliefs and preferences of potential and existing customers.

Question 10

Media articles

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Are a type of secondary market research referring to the documents (articles) in print or online media. They are written by skilled journalists and authors.

Question 11

Observations

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Are a method of primary research that involves watching how people behave or respond in different situations

Question 12

Online secondary market research

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Refers to sources available on the Internet for research purposes. These include media articles, government publications, academic journals and market analyses available on the internet.

Question 13

The population

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In marketing terms - refers to all potential customers of a particular market

Question 14

Primary market research

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Involves gathering new data for a specific purpose, using methods such as surveys, interviews, focus groups and observations

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Qualitative market research

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Involves getting non-numerical responses from research participants in order to understand their behaviour, attitudes and opinions

Question 16

Quantitative market research

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is about collecting and using factual and measurable information rather than people’s perceptions and opinions

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Quota sampling

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involves using a certain number of people (known as the quota) from different market segments for primary market research purposes

Question 18

Random sampling

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gives everyone in the population an equal chance of being selected for the sample

Question 19

A sample

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Is a selected group or proportion of the population used for primary market research purposes

Question 20

Sampling

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is a primary research technique that selects a sample of the population from a particular market for research purposes

Question 21

Sampling errors

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Are caused by mistakes made in the sample design, such as an unrepresentative sample being used or the sample size being too small

Question 22

Secondary market research

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Involves the collection of second hand data and information that already exists, previously gathered by others, such as media articles and government publications

Question 23

Survey

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Is a document that contains a series of questions used to collect data for a specific purpose. Surveys are the most common method of primary research