MR – Week 10 Overview and Lecture

This week we are starting to talk about collecting Primary data. Primary data includes: Demographics/Socioeconomic – age, education, occupation, marital status, gender, and income Personality/Lifestyle – Personality refers to the normal patterns of behavior exhibited by an individual including attributes, traits, and mannerisms Attitudes – An individual’s overall evaluation of something, what they think or how much they…

Marketing research is the gathering of data or raw facts to organize and transform into information a person can use to make a decision or sometimes educated guess. It is the formal communication link between the organization and the external environment. Marketing research allows an organization to develop, implement and monitor its marketing plan. Who…

Secondary data is information gathered by others for other purposes. We utilize secondary data as background information and to provide data so we do not have to do lengthy and/or multiple primary research surveys. Secondary data advantages are it is time and cost effective. The disadvantages are the data we find is not always a…