MR – Week 11 Overview

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…

This is the class introduction and overview of Blackboard. Please watch this video to learn about: Course materials – text and simulation Virtual Office hours/optional virtual classroom Course syllabus Course schedule Weekly folders and course tools If you have questions, you can post a comment here, in the BB Watercooler or come to my virtual…

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…

Marketers measure qualities that most do not think of in terms of measurement Attributes of a product Satisfaction with a service or product Likelihood of a behavior Predicting the next behavior Rules for assigning numbers to objects to represent quantities of attributes Measure the ATTRIBUTES of an object – NOT measuring the object Definition is…

This week we are learning more about multivariate analysis