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MP Chapter 7
Marketing Research: From Customer Insights to Actions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| marketing research | The process of collecting and analyzing information in order to recommend actions. |
| measures of success | Criteria or standards used in evaluating proposed solutions to a problem. |
| constraints | Restrictions placed on potential solutions to a problem. |
| data | The facts and figures related to a problem. |
| secondary data | Facts and figures that have already been recorded prior to the project at hand. |
| primary data | Facts and figures that are newly collected for a project. |
| observational data | Facts and figures obtained by watching, either mechanically or in person, how people behave. |
| questionnaire data | Facts and figures obtained by asking people about their attitudes, awareness, intentions, and behaviors. |
| information technology | Involves operating computer networks that can store and process data. |
| sales forecast | The total sales of a product that a firm expects to sell during a specified time period under specified conditions. |