Market Research (4.1,4.2) Flashcards
Marketing Information System (MIS)
Determines what information marketing managers need and then gathers, sorts, and analyses, stores and distributers relevant and timley marketing information to users.
Internal Company Data
Uses information within the organization to produce reports on the results of sales and marketing activities
Market Intelligence
How marketers obtain information about the current marketing environment
Market Intelligence includes…
Mystery shoppers, industry trade journal, social media
Market Research
The ongoing process of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data about customers, competitors, and the business environment.
Syndicated market research
General information collected regularly by specialised firms
Custom market research
answers specific questions
Acquired Databases
External databases with information compiled by companies and organizations.
Customer Insights.
Putting together large amounts of customer data,
Step 1 in the Process of Market Research
Define research problem
3 components of the research problem
Research objectives, Consumer population, Environmental Context
Step 2 in the Process of Market Research
Research Design
Secondary Research
Data collected for some purpose other than the problem at hand
Primary Data
Go out to answer a specific question
Qualitative Research (Verbal)
Focus Groups, Ethnography, Case studies
Quantitative Research (non numerical)
Cross-sectional, Longitudinal,
Ethnography Study
Living with far away community to understand consumers better
Cross-sectional Study
A type of research study in which a group of people is observed, or certain information is collected, at a single point in time or over a short period of time.
Longitudinal Study
A specific type of market research in which data is collected over a longer period, often over years or even decades
Step 3 in the Process of Market Research
Data Collection Method
Step 3 in the Process of Market Research
Design the sample
Representativeness
ensuring the sample selected represents the larger population
Simple random sample
Each member of the population has equal chance of being selected
Systematic sampling
Every _th person is selected
Stratified sample
dividing the population related to the study’s topic