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Record Nr.

UNINA9910151594803321

Autore

Malhotra Naresh K.

Titolo

Basic marketing research. / / Naresh K. Malhotra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harlow, England : , : Pearson Education, Limited, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-292-03378-9

Edizione

[Fourth edition, Pearson new international edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (675 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Pearson custom library

Disciplina

658.83

Soggetti

Marketing research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Appendix: Statistical Tables -- 1. Introduction to Marketing Research -- 2. Defining the Marketing Research Problem and Developing an Approach -- 3. Research Design -- 4. Exploratory Research Design: Secondary Data -- 5. Exploratory Research Design: Syndicated Sources of Secondary Data -- 6. Exploratory Research Design: Qualitative Research -- 7. Descriptive Research Design: Survey and Observation -- 8. Casual Research Design: Experimentation -- 9. Measurement and Scaling: Fundamentals and Comparative Scaling -- 10. Measurement and Scaling: Noncomparative Scaling Techniques -- 11. Questionnaire and Form Design -- 12. Sampling: Design and Procedures -- 13. Sampling: Final and Initial Sample-Size Determination -- 14. Fieldwork: Data Collection -- 15. Data Preparation and Analysis Strategy -- 16. Data Analysis: Frequency Distribution, Hypothesis Testing, and Cross-Tabulation -- 17. Data Analysis: Hypothesis Testing Related to Differences -- 18. Data Analysis: Correlation and Regression -- 19. Report Preparation and Presentation -- Case: Hewlett-Packard (HP): Using Marketing Research to Gain a Competitive Edge -- Case: Baskin-Robbins: Can It Bask in the Good 'Ole Days? -- Case: McDonald's: The World's Number One Fast-Food Company! -- Case: Boeing: Taking Flight -- Comprehensive Questions for TruEarth Healthy Foods: Market Research for a New Product Introduction -- Comprehensive Questions for Metabical: Positioning and Communications Strategy for a New Weight-



Loss Drug -- Comprehensive Questions for Saxonville Sausage Company -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

For undergraduate-level courses in Marketing Research.  With a hands-on, do-it-yourself approach, Malhotra offers a contemporary focus on decision making, illustrating the interaction between marketing research decisions and marketing management decisions.