MKT 3600
MIDTERM REVIEW
Exploratory Research:
Goal: insights, defining issues or problem, protesting
Scale and cost
Examples: depth interviews, focus groups, pilot surveys, secondary research
cheap, small sca
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MKT 3600
MIDTERM REVIEW
Exploratory Research:
Goal: insights, defining issues or problem, protesting
Scale and cost
Examples: depth interviews, focus groups, pilot surveys, secondary research
cheap, small scale project
Ex: pilot service, case studies
Descriptive Research:
Goal: accurate description of a market based on descriptive statistical variables
Scale and cost
Methodology: Statistical inferences from a sample to a population (target market)
Ex: representative survey, observation
Longitudinal research collected with panels (observation or surveys), cross-sectional
research is collected mostly through surveys
Casual research:
Goal: finding empirical support for a proposed cause & effect relationship between
variables of interest. In the case of a classic market test, the goal is to evaluate success
(sales) and advantages/ disadvantages of a marketing strategy
Scale and cost
Example: market test
Primary and Secondary Data:
Primary Data: collected to solve the problem at hand.
Secondary data: was previously or independently gathered and is possibly relevant.
o Example of secondary data: previous research done by the company (internal sec.
data)
Other external secondary data: census data, syndicated research. Internal
secondary data: sales, orders.
Syndicated Data:
Syndicated services may provide data about retail sales and other retail descriptors
(retail index) data about shopping and consumption behavior (consumer panels), media
audience
Business model: High fixed costs because of expensive panels of stores or households.
Syndicated research firms sell same data to several clients
Syndicated retail index data: dimensions (sales, market shares, retail prices,
distribution). Distribution data in a syndicated retail index: coverage as proportion of all
stores or as proportion of stores which account for highest overall retail sales (ACV)
Qualitative research:
Goal: To tap into spontaneous thinking (or feelings) by consumers
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