Marketing research essentials. /
Carl McDaniel.
- 7th ed.
- New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2010.
- xxi,490p.: ill.; 24cm.
Includes index.
Contents: The role of marketing research in management decision making -- Problem definition, exploratory research and the research process -- Secondary data and databases -- Qualitative research -- Traditional survey research -- Online marketing research -- Primary data collection: Observation -- Primary data collection: Experimentation and test markets -- The concept of measurement and attitude scales -- Questionnaire design -- Basic sampling issues -- Sample size determination -- Data processing, fundamental data analysis and the statistical testing of differences -- Bivariate correlation and regression -- Communicating research results and managing marketing research.