Data Analysis for Marketing Exam Materials
Course Introduction
Data Analysis for Marketing introduces students to the critical role data plays in informing marketing strategies and decisions. This course covers foundational concepts and practical techniques for collecting, processing, analyzing, and interpreting marketing data. Students will explore how to leverage tools such as Excel, SQL, and statistical software to extract insights from customer behavior, evaluate campaign effectiveness, segment markets, and measure brand performance. Through hands-on projects and real-world case studies, the course emphasizes the application of data-driven approaches to optimize marketing actions and achieve organizational objectives.
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Basic Marketing Research Using Microsoft Excel Data Analysis 1st Canadian Edition by Alvin C.
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Chapter 1: Introducing Marketing Research
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT one of the subsystems of the marketing information system?
A) internal reports system
B) marketing intelligence system
C) marketing decision support system
D) consumer information support system
E) marketing research system.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a reason why decision makers need information?
A) To justify decisions made.
B) To know what their core competencies are.
C) To create meaningful relationships with customers.
D) To gauge customer acceptance.
E) To create, communicate, and deliver value to customers.
Answer: A
Q3) Marketing research is infallible.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Marketing Research Process
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Q1) A sample frame is a list of the sample elements chosen for the study.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Which of the following is true regarding research design?
A) There are three categories of research design.
B) There are four categories of research design.
C) There are five categories of research design.
D) There are eight categories of research design.
E) Research design may not be categorized.
Answer: A
Q3) Most research projects do not follow an orderly step-by-step process.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) If the wrong problem is defined, everything that follows in the research process is wrong.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Research Design
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Q1) The reason for using randomization or matching in experimental designs is to achieve equivalency between experimental and control groups.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The primary advantage of laboratory experiments is that they allow the researcher to control the effects of extraneous variables.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Test markets do not yield infallible results. Sometimes test markets lead to the wrong decision.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The four research designs are exploratory, descriptive, causal, and panel.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Using Secondary Data and Online Information
Databases
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Q1) Most databanks use the same search features.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Although useful information, geodemographic information is limited in that one must use only pre-defined geographical boundaries such as cities, provinces, or countries.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following best represents a field within a database?
A) anything outside the company laboratory
B) a database record
C) records within customer names
D) customer names within a record
E) a supplier record
Q4) External data may be grouped into three sources:
A) published, syndicated services data, and databases.
B) published, nonpublished data, and other electronic sources.
C) syndicated services data, external data, and complex data.
D) fields, records, and databases.
E) records, fields, and CRMs.
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Chapter 5: Qualitative Research Methods
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Q1) Which of the following refers to a small group of people brought together and guided by a moderator through an unstructured, spontaneous discussion for the purpose of gaining information relevant to the research problem?
A) observation group
B) focus group
C) control group
D) experimental group
E) Socratic group
Q2) Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the use of a galvanometer as a research method?
A) When one encounters an interesting stimulus, the electrical impulses in the body become excited.
B) The galvanometer is a device that determines excitement levels by measuring blood flow.
C) When a participant is hooked up to a galvanometer they may be nervous and produce false readings.
D) The galvanometer requires sensing pads to be attached to a participant's body.
E) The galvanometer can be useful in testing sexually oriented stimuli.
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Chapter 6: Quantitative Data Collection Methods
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Q1) Why have mixed-mode surveys increased popularity over the last few years?
A) increasing use of online survey research
B) simplicity with which data is collected
C) ease of integration with mixed-mode surveys
D) definitive proof that data collection mode does not affect response
E) reduced fees of interviewers
Q2) The four major ways to collect data are: have a person ask the questions, have a computer assist or conduct the questioning, allow the respondents themselves to complete the survey, or any combination of the first three.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following data collection modes would be more appropriate for research on a product requiring demonstration that is targeted to the business-to-business market as opposed to the consumer market?
A) CATI
B) business-to-business survey
C) in-office interview
D) drop-off survey
E) channel survey
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Chapter 7: Survey Measurement Scales
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Q1) Which of the following is a synthetic scaled-response format in which respondents are asked to indicate their degree of agreement or disagreement on a symmetric scale, for each of a series of statements?
A) semantic differential scale
B) halo effect scale
C) Likert scale
D) bipolar scale
E) lifestyle inventory scale
Q2) In tracking studies, it is NOT necessary to compare the new findings with the previous survey.
A)True
B)False
Q3) For subjective properties such as "liking for chocolate," which response format would be best?
A) closed-ended response
B) dual-choice response
C) scaled-response
D) "liking index" response
E) Open-ended response
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Chapter 8: Questionnaire Design
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Q1) "What brands of pain relievers did you see the last time you went to the store and bought some?" This question should not be used in a questionnaire simply because common sense dictates that respondents would not be able to answer it.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Common sense should be used in developing questions. Which of the following is implementing common sense?
A) Asking a clear focused question using common language
B) Asking details respondents do not usually recall
C) Asking questions that invite guesses
D) Asking respondents to predict their actions in circumstances they cannot imagine
E) Asking a question that uses terminology not in the respondents daily language
Q3) Complicated and difficult-to-answer questions should be asked at the very beginning of the questionnaire before the respondent becomes fatigued.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Sampling
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Q1) Although a judgment sample is highly subjective and therefore prone to much error, it is a quick, inexpensive, and acceptable technique.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When website visitors are selected at random and asked to participate in a survey, this is an example of:
A) random online intercept sampling using simple random sampling.
B) nonrandom intercept sampling.
C) online panel sampling.
D) random online intercept sampling using systematic sampling.
E) simple random sampling.
Q3) Random digit dialing is an example in which simple random sampling is employed quite successfully.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Random online intercept sampling uses some form of random selection in order to ask visitors at websites to participate in surveys.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Data Collection and Basic Descriptive Statistics
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Q1) Requesting an email address as part of the submission process for an online survey will help reduce what type of error?
A) respondent
B) fieldworker
C) item omission
D) bogus responses
E) multiple submissions
Q2) Which of the following would NOT be a part of a completed data worksheet in XL Data Analyst?
A) variables
B) variable labels
C) variable descriptions
D) respondents
E) data set
Q3) Plus or minus 1.96 standard deviations accounts for 95 percent of the area under the normal curve.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Population Estimates and Hypothesis Testing
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Q1) Greek letters are used for sample findings and Roman letters are used for parameters.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Ping Golf, Inc. conducts a study in which they use a probability sample of 600 golfers. They examine the data from the sample and calculate that 28 percent of them own Ping golf clubs. The 28 percent is:
A) the average.
B) the sample finding.
C) the mean.
D) the population parameter.
E) the confidence interval.
Q3) Forming a directional hypothesis means that we are still seeking a direction for the hypothesis.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An important sample value used in making estimates about population parameters is sample size.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Testing of Differences
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Q1) Researchers often misuse and abuse the concept of significance, for they tend to associate statistical significance with the:
A) size of the sample.
B) importance of the client.
C) magnitude of the result.
D) variable under investigation.
E) level of confidence.
Q2) XL Data Analyst uses a z test to test for differences between two variables within one group.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The word "variance" in the term "analysis of variance" is misleading.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Practical significance depends on whether or not there is a(n):
A) useful managerial application that uses the difference.
B) confidence level of 99% or 95%.
C) marketing research report completed.
D) budget available.
E) financial analysis.
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Chapter 13: Relationships Between Variables
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Q1) The chi-square test is useful for determining:
A) whether a significant relationship exists between two categorical variables.
B) whether a significant relationship exists between two metric variables.
C) whether a insignificant relationship exists between two metric variables.
D) whether an observed relationship exists between two categorical variables.
E) whether a significant relationship exists between two or more categorical variables.
Q2) Which of the following residuals shows an exact prediction?
A) 0
B) +1.0
C) -25
D) +25
E) 100.0
Q3) What contains the raw counts and totals pertaining to all of the relevant Boolean relationships for the two categorical variables being analyzed?
A) raw data table
B) stacked-bar table
C) cross-tabulation table
D) expected frequencies table
E) distribution table
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Chapter 14: Communicating the Research Results
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Q1) Which of the following examples may result in an unethical visual presentation of research findings?
A) if time is a variable, placing it on the horizontal axis
B) eliminating the scales on an axis
C) using a histogram rather than a pictogram
D) illustrating how many respondents refused to answer the question as part of the visual
E) making sure all parts of the scale are present
Q2) Which of the following is true with respect the elements of a marketing research report?
A) There are four key sections to any marketing research report.
B) Recommendations are a vital part of the report and must be a key component in all marketing research reports.
C) The guidelines provided in the textbook must take precedence over the wants of the client.
D) The elements are a guideline to use if one was not provided by the client.
E) To be complete a marketing research report needs to have all the elements in the "front matter."
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