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marketing chap 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| marketing research | procedures that develop and analyze new information about a market. |
| marketing information system (MIS) | an organized way of continually gathering, accessing, and analyzing information that marketing managers need to make ongoing decisions. |
| intranet | a system for linking computers within a company. |
| data warehouse | a place where databases are stored so that they are available when needed. |
| Decision Support System (DSS) | a computer program that makes it easy for marketing managers to get and use information as he or she is making decisions. |
| marketing dashboard | displays up to the minute marketing data in an east to read format. |
| marketing model | a statement of relationships among marketing variables. |
| scientific method | a decision making approach that focuses on being objective and orderly in testing ideas before accepting. |
| hypothesis | educated guesses about the relationships between things or about what will happen in the future. |
| the marketing research process (5 steps) | 1) defining the problem 2) analyzing the situation 3) getting problem-specific data 4) interpreting the data 5) solving the problem |
| defining the problem | often the most difficult step. It easy to confuse problems with symptoms. |
| situation analysis | an informal study of what information is already available in the problem area. involves the collection of secondary data. |
| getting problem specific data | involves collecting primary data. |
| qualitative data | seeks in-depth, open ended responses, not yes or no answers. |
| focus group interview | involves interviewing 6 to 10 people in an informal group setting. |
| quantitative research | seeks structured responses that can be summarized in numbers. |
| consumer panels | a group of consumers who provide information on a continuing basis. |
| experimental method | researchers compare the responses of two (or more) groups that are similar except on the characteristic of being tested. |
| interpreting the data | just what it says dumbass |
| statistical packages | easy to use computer programs that analyze data. |
| validity | the extent to which data measures what they intended to measure. |