Market information and research / / Matthew Housden

• Autore: Housden Matthew
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Elsevier/BH, 2008, c2010
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 658.8; 658.83
• Soggetto topico: Marketing research; Research
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Market Information and Research; Copyright; Contents; CHAPTER 1 The Role of Information in Marketing; INTRODUCTION; MARKETING AND INFORMATION; THE ROLE OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION; MARKETING PLANNING AND THE ROLE OF INFORMATION; THE DATABASE AND MARKETING RESEARCH; THE INTERNET, INTRANETS AND EXTRANETS; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITES; CHAPTER 2 The Database and CRM; THE MARKETING DATABASE; WHAT DATA ARE HELD ON A DATABASE?; WHERE DOES DATA COME FROM?; WHAT DO WE DO WITH DATA?; GEO-DEMOGRAPHIC AND LIFESTYLE PROFILING; THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A MARKETING DATABASE; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE ; THE MARKETING DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMDATA MINING; MARKETING RESEARCH AND THE DATABASE; CODES OF PRACTICE AND GUIDELINES; THE DMA CODE OF PRACTICE; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITES; CHAPTER 3 The Scope and Nature of the Research Industry; INTRODUCTION; THE MARKETING RESEARCH INDUSTRY; THE MARKETING RESEARCH BRIEF; MANAGING THE AGENCY RELATIONSHIP; ETHICS, REGULATION AND CODES OF PRACTICE IN MARKET RESEARCH; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITES; CHAPTER 4 Secondary Data; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS SECONDARY OR DESK RESEARCH?; THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF SECONDARY DATA; EVALUATING SECONDARY DATA ; SOURCES OF SECONDARY DATAINFORMATION ON ONLINE MARKETS; SEARCHING ONLINE; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITES; CHAPTER 5 Observation Research; INTRODUCTION; DEFINITIONS OF OBSERVATION RESEARCH; OBSERVATION STRENGTHS; OTHER OBSERVATION TECHNIQUES; ETHICS IN OBSERVATION RESEARCH; HOW IS OBSERVATION RESEARCH USED?; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITES; CHAPTER 6 Qualitative Research; INTRODUCTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DEFINED; RESEARCH APPLICATIONS; DATA COLLECTION TECHNIQUES IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ONLINE QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ANALYSIS OF QUALITATIVE DATA; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITES ; CHAPTER 7 Quantitative DataINTRODUCTION; WHAT ARE QUANTITATIVE DATA?; SURVEY METHODS; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEWS; IN-HOME OR DOORSTEP INTERVIEWS; TELEPHONE INTERVIEWING; WEB-BASED INTERVIEWS; SELF-ADMINISTERED SURVEYS; OMNIBUS SURVEYS; OTHER METHODS; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITES; CHAPTER 8 Sampling; INTRODUCTION; WHAT IS A SAMPLE?; THE SAMPLING PROCESS; CHOOSING A SAMPLING METHOD; DETERMINING THE SAMPLE SIZE; IMPLEMENTING A SAMPLING PROCEDURE; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITES; CHAPTER 9 Questionnaire Design; INTRODUCTION; THE QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN PROCESS; WHAT TYPE OF QUESTIONS CAN BE ASKED? ; SELECT WORDING AND PHRASINGSEQUENCING; PILOT; QUESTIONNAIRE CHECKLIST; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITES; CHAPTER 10 Quantitative Analysis and the Presentation of Results; INTRODUCTION; EDITING AND CODING; TABULATION AND BASIC STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TABULATIONS, HOLE COUNTS AND FREQUENCY; DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; HYPOTHESES ABOUT MEANS; MEASURING RELATIONSHIPS; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; PRESENTATION OF THE RESULTS; THE WRITTEN REPORT; THE ORAL PRESENTATION; USE OF GRAPHICS; SUMMARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; WEBSITE; Appendix: Feedback and answers; Index
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• Titolo autorizzato: Market information and research
• ISBN: 1-282-95458-X; 9786612954580; 1-136-44260-X; 0-08-096662-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807794803321
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