Midterm stuff Flashcards

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Marketing Research

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Planning, Collection, Analysis of data relevant to marketing decision making and communication of results

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Why marketing research

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Helps understand external environment to make the right decisions for the marketing mix

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What does marketing research provide

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Data to the decision makers on current marketing mix and insights of potential changes and new opportunities

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What is situation analysis

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Studying the decision making environment within which the marketing research will take place

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What is a marketing research problem

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What is a symptom

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When there’s a casual effect

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What is a research design

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Framework or blue print of for conducting the marketing research project

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What is the purpose of designing a study

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Tests the hypotheses of interest, determine possible answers to the research questions and provide the information needed for decision making

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What is exploratory research

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Preliminary research conducted to increase understanding of a concept, clarify exact nature of the problem and identify important variables to be studied

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What does exploratory research provide

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Insights into and comprehension of a situation or issue and is often done in early stages

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What are appropriate data collection methods

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Qualitative methods
Secondary data

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What is conclusive research

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Allows for concussions to be draw about which action can be taken

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What is descriptive research

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Appropriate primary data collection methods

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What is cross sectional

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Obtaining information from a sample of respondents belonging to the population of interest

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What is single cross section

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Can be collected one or through multiple samples

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What is longitudinal

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Obtaining information from fixed sample of respondents at periodic intervals

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What is causal research design

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An experimental in nature and demonstrates cause and effect conclusively

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What is quant

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Rank the most important characteristics of good service

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What is a focus group useful for

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Understanding peoples motivations and feelings

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What is the use of focus groups

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New product development
Positioning studies
Habits and usage studies
Attitude studies
Ads
Idea generation

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What are the abuses of focus groups

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  • Generating data that they are not intending to
  • Implementing more than necessary
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What are projective techniques

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Presentation of an ambiguous, unstructured object, activity or person that a respondent is asked to interpret and explain

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What are types of projective techniques

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Word association
Completion tests
Picture interpretation
Third person techniques
Role playing

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What is ethnography

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Study of human social phenomena and communities

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What are observational methods

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Systematic process of witnessing and recording the behavioral patterns of objects, people and events without directly communicating with them

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What are advantages of observational research

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Natural environment
No recall error
Sometimes the only way

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What are disadvantages of observational research

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Representativeness
Subjective interpretation by observer
No ability to know why people are engaging in the behaviors

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What is survey research

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Enable quantification of opinions, preferences and attitudes

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What is brand loyalty

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Consumers loyal to a brand

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What are the concepts of being loyal to a brand

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  • Psychological commitment
  • Purchase history
  • Repurchase intentions
  • Future purchase levels
  • Perception of competitive advantage
  • Satisfaction
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What is measurements

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Assigning numbers to a concept where the numbers convey some useful information about the concept

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What does useful information mean

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Numbers reflect the amount of an important attribute possessed by a person, object or event

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What is scaling

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Creation of a continuum on which the measured concept is located

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What are the different basic scales

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Nominal data
Ordinal data
Interval data
Ratio Scale

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What is nominal data

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Numbers serve as labels to identify and classify objects

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What is ordinal data

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Ranking scale, indicate relative positions of objects

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What is interval data

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Allows the differences between objects to be compared arbitrary zero point

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What is ratio scale

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Fixed zero point so ratios between objects can be compared

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What are the rules with nominal scale

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No necessary relationships among categories
No ordering or spacing implications

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What are the rules around interval scale

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Intervals between points are equal
Differences ca be compared
Arbitrary zero

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What is a ratio scale

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Type of scale with meaningful zero point

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What are permissible statistics

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Count/frequencies, mode, mean, sd

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What are the most common measurement scales

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Likert scales
Semantic differential scales

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What are likert scales

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Rate degree of agreement with carefully selected series of statements ranging from very positive to very negative attitudes for an object

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What are semantic differential

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Series of bipolar scales, poles, usually labeled with adjectives of opposite meaning

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What are the criteria for assessing scale quality

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  1. Reliability
  2. Validity
  3. Sensitivity
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What is reliability

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Ability to scale to obtain a consistent measure of an object

48
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What is validity

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The ability of a scale to measure the desired object

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What is sensitivity

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The ability to discriminate between respondents who differ with respect to the attitude being measured