Section two Flashcards
Exploratory Research
Investigate a problem which is not clearly defined to have a better understanding of the problem
What does explatory research include
Expert Surveys
Focus Groups
Lit reviews
Unstructured observations
Descriptive research
Determine frequencies and relationships between events or describe characteristics of population or phenomenon
descriptive research includes
surveys
databases
structured observations
Causal research
Determine cause and effect
Qualtitative Data
Obtain motivational, emotional, attitudinal, personality factors that influence behaviour
Build theories to explain behaviour
Determine effectiveness of marketing strategies
Develop scale measurements
What does qualitative data include
focus groups, interviews, conversation, case study
Quantitative Data
Quantitative data are measures of values or counts and are expressed as numbers.
What does quantitative data include
surveys