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Course Introduction
Marketing Analytics explores the application of data-driven techniques and quantitative methods to inform and improve marketing decision-making. This course covers foundational concepts such as market segmentation, customer lifetime value, digital marketing metrics, and campaign effectiveness, as well as advanced topics like predictive modeling, attribution analysis, and social media analytics. Students will learn how to collect, analyze, and interpret marketing data using contemporary analytical tools, develop actionable insights, and create strategies that maximize return on marketing investments. Through hands-on projects and case studies, the course equips students with the analytical skills necessary to thrive in todays data-centric marketing environment.
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Basic Marketing Research 4th Edition by Naresh K. Malhotra
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Chapter 1: Introduction to Marketing Research
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Q1) An information system that enables decision makers to interact directly with both databases and analysis models is called a(n)________.
A) transaction processing system
B) decision support system
C) expert system
D) marketing information system
E) information load
Answer: B
Q2) All of the following are mentioned in the text as steps to take to prepare for a career in marketing research EXCEPT:
A) acquire computer and Internet skills.
B) obtain any work experience.
C) take courses in statistics and quantitative methods.
D) acquire effective written and verbal communication skills.
E) think creatively.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Defining the Marketing Research Problem and Developing an Approach
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Q1) ________ is a comprehensive examination of a marketing problem to understand its origin and nature.
A) Problem definition
B) Problem correction
C) Hypotheses generation
D) Research directive
E) Problem audit
Answer: E
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a common form of a model?
A) verbal model
B) graphical model
C) mathematical model
D) technological model
E) A and B
Answer: D
Q3) The resume of the decision maker is one of the issues discussed with the decision maker during the problem audit.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Research Design
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Q1) Determining how to make the research design error-free is a task a researcher must perform in formulating a research design.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Errors that can be attributed to sources other than sampling are called nonsampling errors.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Which of the following elements of a research proposal is usually at the very beginning?
A) problem definition
B) executive summary
C) approach to the problem
D) research design
E) analysis plan
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Exploratory Research Design: Secondary Data
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Q1) Directory databases provide information on individuals,organizations,and services.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Social media sites may be popular with businesses but are not being used by nonprofit and government organizations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) All of the following are typical sources of internal secondary data EXCEPT:
A) accounting records.
B) sales reports.
C) internal experts.
D) focus groups.
E) production or operation reports.
Q4) External sources may be broadly classified as general business data,government data,or syndicated data.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In a short essay,explain the appeal of census data to marketers.
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Chapter 5: Exploratory Research Design: Syndicated
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Q1) Which of the following is (are)a type(s)of scanner data that is currently available?
A) scanner panels
B) modular data
C) volume-tracking data
D) scanner panels with cable TV
E) A, C and D
Q2) Which of the following describes the disadvantage of using audit data?
A) There are significant limitations associated with the extent to which audited data can be analyzed.
B) Audits provide relatively inaccurate data at the wholesale level.
C) There is a delay associated with compiling and reporting audited data.
D) Audits provide relatively inaccurate data at the retail level.
E) Audits can be linked to consumer data.
Q3) According to the text,qualitative data are data routinely collected by supermarkets and other outlets with electronic checkouts.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a short essay,describe an audit and list at least four uses of audit data.
Q5) In a short essay,list and discuss the three types of scanner data.
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Chapter 6: Exploratory Research Design: Qualitative Research
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Q1) Whenever a new marketing research problem is addressed,________ research must be preceded by appropriate ________ research.
A) qualitative; quantitative
B) quantitative; qualitative
C) observational; qualitative
D) descriptive; observational
E) total; partial
Q2) The main purpose of a focus group is to gain insights on issues of interest to the researcher by listening to a group of people from the appropriate target market.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The association technique is the projective technique in which the respondent is presented with a stimulus and asked to respond with the first thing that comes to mind.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Qualitative research procedures are classified as either direct or indirect.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Descriptive Research Design: Survey and Observation
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Q1) ________ is defined as the error due to the interviewer's failure to follow the correct interviewing procedures.
A) Social desirability
B) Nonresponse error
C) Interviewer bias
D) Response rate
E) The fundamental attribution error
Q2) Advantages of Internet surveys over e-mail surveys include which of the following?
A) Graphs, images, animations, and links to other Web pages may be integrated into or around the survey.
B) It is possible to validate responses as they are entered.
C) Skip patterns can be programmed and performed automatically.
D) All of the above are correct.
Q3) A limitation is that online surveys conducted through social media platforms do not encourage committed and credible feedback.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Causal Research Design: Experimentation
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Q1) The ________ is not exposed to the independent variable manipulation but provides a point of comparison when examining the effects of these manipulations on the dependent variable.
A) control group
B) hypothetical group
C) experimental group
D) extraneous group
E) caveat group
Q2) Using the set of symbols commonly used in marketing research to denote experimental designs,which symbol below represents the exposure of a group to an independent variable,treatment,or event the effects of which are to be determined?
A) T
B) O
C) X
D) R
Q3) "History" refers to the occurrence of events before the experiment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a short essay,list and discuss the three specific preexperimental designs.
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Chapter 9: Measurement and Scaling: Fundamentals and Comparative Scaling
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Q1) What limitations of taste testing can be inferred from the experiential learning exercise in Chapter 9 where two samples of the same cola brand are tasted along with a third unidentified sample which is actually a different brand?
Q2) Preference rankings,market position,and social class are examples of interval scales.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When we measure the perceptions,attitudes,and preferences of consumers,we are not measuring the object but some characteristic of it.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a department store project,numbers 1 through 10 were assigned to the 10 stores considered in the study.Suppose,store number 9 referred to Sears and store number 6 referred to Neiman Marcus.Using this information,which of the following statements is true?
A) Sears is in some way superior or inferior to Neiman Marcus.
B) It is meaningful to state that the number of the average store is 5.5.
C) Both A and B are true.
D) None of the above statements are true.
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Chapter 10: Measurement and Scaling: Noncomparative Scaling Techniques
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Q1) Scores assigned to continuous rating scales by the researcher are typically treated as ________ data.
A) nominal
B) ordinal
C) interval
D) ratio
Q2) According to the text,to develop a multi-item scale,all of the following must be done
EXCEPT:
A) generate a pool of scale items.
B) reduce pool of items based on judgment.
C) collect data.
D) purify the scale based on statistics.
E) add additional items after statistical analysis.
Q3) In semantic differential scales,the negative adjective or phrase sometimes appears at the left side of the scale and sometimes at the right.This controls the tendency of some respondents,particularly those with very positive or negative attitudes,to mark the right-or-left-hand sides without reading the labels.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Questionnaire and Form Design
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Q1) A questionnaire is a structured technique for data collection that consists of a series of questions,written or verbal,which a respondent answers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A(n)________ is a structured question with only two response alternatives,such as yes or no.
A) dichotomous question
B) open-ended question
C) multiple-choice question
D) random question
E) yay-nay question
Q3) According to the text,a single question that attempts to cover two issues is called a
A) filtered question
B) double-barreled question
C) random question
D) coefficient question
E) two-issue query
Q4) In a short essay,list the ten steps to designing the ideal questionnaire.
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Chapter 12: Sampling: Design and Procedures
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Q1) An example of nonprobability sampling is interviewing people in malls.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In ________,sampling elements are selected by chance,that is,randomly.
A) nonprobability sampling
B) convenience sampling
C) judgmental sampling
D) probability sampling
E) lotto sampling
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a weakness of simple random sampling?
A) difficult to construct sampling frame
B) expensive
C) lower precision producing samples with large standard errors
D) no assurance of representativeness
E) not easily understood
Q4) Every potential nonprobability sample needs to have the same probability of selection.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In a short essay,list and discuss the five steps in the sampling design process.
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Chapter 13: Sampling: Final and Initial Sample Size
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Q1) The range into which the true population parameter will fall,assuming a given level of confidence,is called the ________.
A) confidence interval
B) precision level
C) sampling distribution
D) standard deviation
E) standard range
Q2) When conducting marketing research in foreign countries,statistical estimation of sample size may be difficult since estimates of the population variance may be unavailable.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sample size is directly affected by the variability of the characteristic in the population.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a short essay,discuss the concept of the sampling distribution.
Q5) In a short essay,discuss sampling issues facing researchers involved in international marketing research.
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Chapter 14: Fieldwork: Data Collection
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Q1) The evaluation of field workers should be based on which of the following criteria?
A) quantity
B) quality
C) task conditions
D) all of the above
E) A and B
Q2) All of the following are mentioned in the text as elements related to the fieldwork process EXCEPT:
A) the selection of field workers.
B) the validation of fieldwork.
C) the evaluation of field workers.
D) the training and supervision of field workers.
E) All of the mentioned elements are related to the fieldwork process.
Q3) The general rule for recording answers to unstructured questions is to record the responses verbatim.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List and discuss the major areas of the fieldwork/data collection process.
Q5) In a short essay,discuss the process of selecting qualified field workers.
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Chapter 15: Data Preparation and Analysis Strategy
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Q1) Statistical techniques can be broadly classified as univariate or multivariate.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A code in which the number of records for each respondent is the same and the same data appear in the same columns for all respondents is called a fixed field code.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to the text,category codes should be collectively exhaustive and mutually exclusive.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Multivariate statistical techniques are concerned with the simultaneous relationships among two or more phenomena.
A)True
B)False
Q5) If possible,standard codes should be used for missing data.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Frequency Distribution,hypothesis Testing,and
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Q1) A measure of central tendency,given as the value above which half of the values fall and below which half of the values fall is called the median.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to the text,accepting the alternative hypothesis will lead to changes in opinions or actions.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A test of the null hypothesis where the alternative hypothesis is not expressed directionally is called a ________ test.
A) one-tailed
B) two-tailed
C) three-tailed
D) four-tailed
E) A and B
Q4) The mean of a sample is the middle value when the data are arranged in ascending or descending rank order.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Hypothesis Testing Related to Differences
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Q1) A frequency distribution that depends on two sets of degrees of freedom is called a(n)________.
A) p distribution
B) t distribution
C) F distribution
D) z distribution
E) chi-square distribution
Q2) In many marketing research applications,the observations for two groups are not selected from independent samples.Rather,the observations relate to ________ in that the two sets of observations relate to the same respondents.
A) distributed samples
B) independent samples
C) paired samples
D) random samples
E) divergent samples
Q3) An ANOVA technique in which there is only one factor is called two-way analysis of variance.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Correlation and Regression
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Q1) An equation used to explain the results of multiple regression analysis is called the
A) product moment correlation model
B) multiple regression model
C) standard regression model
D) covariance model
E) unitary model
Q2) When r = 0,this means that X and Y are unrelated.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In a short essay,define standardization and include a discussion of beta coefficient and standardized regression coefficient to support your answer.
Q4) The ________ is the most widely used statistic that summarizes the strength and direction of association between two metric variables.
A) covariance correlation
B) product moment correlation
C) inverse correlation
D) bivariate correlation
E) F-statistic
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Chapter 19: Report Preparation and Presentation
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Q1) Report preparation and presentation is the last step in the marketing research project.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A ________ authorizes the researcher to proceed with the project and specifies its scope and terms of the contract.
A) letter of estimation
B) letter of transmittal
C) letter of recommendation
D) letter of authorization
E) letter of invoice
Q3) A round chart divided into sections is called a pie chart.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Dots or hyphens that are used to impart uniformity and improve readability of a table are called stubs.
A)True
B)False
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