market research Flashcards
Product orientation
Business focuses on the production process and product.
Market orientation
Continually identifying, reviewing and analysing customers needs
Primary research
Data collected first hand
Primary research advantages
- Kept privately
- More detailed insights - customers views
Primary research dis
- Time consuming and costly
- Risk of survey bias
Secondary research
Data that already exists
Secondary research adv
- Often free and easy to obtain.
- Quick to access and use.
Secondary research dis
- Can quickly become out of date
- Not tailored to business needs
Quantitative Research
Collecting data that can be measured
Methods - surveys, telephone, face to face
Quantitative Research ads
- Data easy to analyse
- Numerical data provides insights into relevant trends.
Quantitative research dis
-Focuses on data rather then explaining
-Doesn’t explain the resins behind numerical data
Qualitative research
Based on opinions, attitudes, beliefs
Qualitative research ads
- Can highlight issues that need addressing e.g why customers don’t buy.
- Focuses on customer needs, wants, expectations.
Qualitative research dis
-Expensive to collect and analyse
- Based around opinions - a risk