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marketing chapter 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| measures of success | are criteria or standards used in evaluating proposed solutions to the problem. Ex) PLAY TIME WITH LEGOS |
| constraints | are, in a decision, the restrictions placed on potential solutions to a problem. |
| observational data | are the facts and figures obtained by watching how people actually behave, using mechanical, personal, or neuromarketing data collection methods. |
| mystery shopper | hired by a company to pretend to be a regular customer so the company can evaluate its customer service and shopping experience. |
| ethnographic | observe people in their natural environment to understand their behaviors, habits, and culture. |
| neuromarketing | Technologies used to study the brain |
| questionnaire data | are the facts and figures obtained by asking people about their attitudes, awareness, intentions, and behaviors |
| Test markets | Used in small geographies to evaluate marketing actions |
| focus groups | discuss a product, service, or advertisement while a researcher asks questions and gathers their opinions. |
| IT (information technology) | includes all of the computing resources that collect, store, and analyze data. |
| data mining | is the practice of examining large databases to find statistical relationships between consumer purchasing patterns and marketing actions |
| sales forecast | consists of the total sales of a product that a firm expects to sell during a specified time period under specified environmental conditions and its own marketing efforts. |
| secondary data | are the facts and figures that have already been recorded prior to the project at hand. |
| Advantages and disadvantages of secondary data | Advantages •Time savings. • Inexpensive. Disadvantages • Out of date. • Definitions/categories not right. • Not specific enough. |
| Primary data Advantages and disadvantages | Advantages: • More flexible and specific to the problem under study. Disadvantages: • are costly and time-consuming. |
| primary data | are the facts and figures that are newly collected for the project. |
| Step 1 (market research process) | Define the problem • Set research objectives • Identify possible marketing actions |
| Step 2 (market research process) | Develop the research plan •Specify constraints •identify data needed for marketing actions •Determine how to collect data |
| Step 3 (market research process) | Collect relevant information •Obtain secondary data •obtain primary data |
| Step 4 (market research process) | Develop findings •analyze the data •present the findings |
| Step 5 (market research process) | Take marketing actions •Make action recommendations •Implementation recommendations •Evaluate Results |