When conducted properly, marketing research can lead to better products, improved services, and a higher level of customer satisfaction. Written by marketing research professionals with over 40 years combined experience, this book is packed with the hottest trends, insights, and advances in the field. It presents a snapshot of the way cutting-edge marketing research is practiced today. * Provides real-world, user-oriented coverage through a highly-engaging writing style. * Discusses some of the ways the Internet is affecting marketing research. * Highlights real companies such as The National CattlemanaEUR(TM)s Beef Association, Wal-Mart, Fast Company magazine, Bose Corporation, and LaQuinta Inns. * Includes Marketing Research War Stories about the trials and tribulations of conducting marketing research that help readers recall important concepts in the text. * Examines ethical dilemmas that marketing researchers face.
Written by marketing research professionals with over 40 years combined experience, this book is packed with the hottest trends, insights, and advances in the field.
For graduate level marketing research. This text presents a comprehensive look at both the principles and practices of marketing research with balanced coverage of qualitative and quantitative material. Written from the perspective of marketing research users, the Third Edition reflects current trends in international marketing, ethics, and the continuing integration of technology. Includes 10.0 SPSS in back of every student copy.
For graduate level marketing research. This text presents a comprehensive look at both the principles and practices of marketing research with balanced coverage of qualitative and quantitative material.
Marketing researchers, companies and business schools need to be able to use statistical procedures correctly and accurately interpret the outputs, yet generally these people are scared off by the statistics behind the different analyses procedures, thus they often rely on external sources to come up with profound answers to the proposed research questions. In an accessible and step by step approach, the authors show readers which procedures to use in which particular situation and how to practically execute them using IBM® SPSS Statistics. IBM® is one of the largest statistical software providers world-wide and their IBM® SPSS Statistics software offers a very user-friendly environment. The program uses a simple drag-and-drop menu interface, which is also suitable for non-experienced programmers. It is widely employed in companies and many business schools also use this software package. This straightforward, pragmatic reference manual will help: professional marketers who use statistical procedures in in IBM® SPSS Statistics; undergraduate and postgraduate students where marketing research and research methodology are taught; all researchers analyzing survey-based data in a wide range of frontier domains like psychology, finance, accountancy, negotiation, communication, sociology, criminology, management, information systems, etc. IBM®'s next-generation business analytic solutions help organizations of all sizes make sense of information in the context of their business. You can uncover insights more quickly and easily from all types of data-even big data-and on multiple platforms and devices. And, with self-service and built-in expertise and intelligence, you have the freedom and confidence to make smarter decisions that better address your business imperatives.
This straightforward, pragmatic reference manual will help: professional marketers who use statistical procedures in in IBM® SPSS Statistics; undergraduate and postgraduate students where marketing research and research methodology are ...
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Based on the authors collective teaching experience of over five decades, the book reinforces the importance and relevance of marketing research through continually reminding students of its applications in the real world. In the new edition of the book, the authors have further incorporated the impact of the Internet and the latest advances in information technology on doing and using marketing research. The coverage is aimed at benefiting both potential research users as well as those who wish to consider marketing research as a career. Part 1: Introduction to Marketing Research1. The Nature and Scope of Marketing Research2. The Marketing Research Process3. Types of Marketing ResearchPart 2: Data Collection: Types and Methods4. Secondary Data5. Using Geographic Information Systems for Marketing Research6. Primary Data Collection7. Qualitative Research8. Experimentation in Marketing ResearchPart 3: Data Collection: Measurement Instruments and Sampling9. Measurement and Scaling10. Questionnaire Design11. Sampling FoundationsPart 4: Data Analysis12. Quality Control and Initial Analysis of Data13. Hypothesis Training14. Examining Associations: Correlation and Regression15. Overview of Other Multivariate TechniquesPart 5: Communicating with Research Users16. Presenting Research Results
Based on the authors collective teaching experience of over five decades, the book reinforces the importance and relevance of marketing research through continually reminding students of its applications in the real world.
InMarketing Research,the authors offer undergraduate and MBA students a compelling introduction to the field with extensive use of global, technology, service, and small business examples. Distinctive features include integrated coverage of technology tools and statistical analysis, current research, and a strong focus on strategy. To reinforce the text's emphasis on technology, each new copy of the text can be packaged with SPSS software containing data sets—created by the authors—specifically related to examples and tutorials from the chapters on data analysis. Case in Pointsections appear after the introduction of each major topic to reinforce key information with detailed examples. Research in Useboxes provide a variety of interesting real-world examples—often featuring offbeat or unique scenarios—that in some instances have been researched firsthand by the authors. Chapter 5,Using Geographic Information Systems for Marketing Research,devotes special attention to an important tool used in contemporary marketing research.
This book is intended for students who are taking their first course in marketing research.
