Marketing An Introduction Chapter 4

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Marketing Information System (MIS)

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People, equipment, and procedures to gather, sort, analyze, evaluate, and distribute needed, timely, and accurate information to marketing decision makers.

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Internal Databases

Back 2

Electronic collections of consumer and market information obtained from data sources within the company network.

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Marketing Intelligence

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The systematic collection and analysis of publicly available information about competitors and developements in the marketing environment.

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Marketing Research

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The systematic design, collection, analysis, and reporting of data relevant to a specific marketing situation.

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Exploratory research

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Marketing research to gather preliminary information that will help define problems and suggest hypotheses

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Descriptive Research

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Marketing research to better describe marketing problems, situations, or markets, such as the market potential for a product or the demographics and attitudes of consumers.

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Causal research

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Marketing research to test hypeotheses about cause-and-effect relationships.

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Secondary Data

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Information that already esists somewhere, having been collected for another purpose.

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Primary Data

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Information collected for the specific purpose at hand.

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Online Databases

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Computerized collections of information available from online commercial sources or via the internet.

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Observational Research

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The gathering of primary data by observing relevant people, actions, and situations.

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Survey Research

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The gathering of primary data by asking people questions about thier knowledge, attitudes, preferences, and buying behavior.

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Single-Source Data Systems

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Electronic monitoring systems that link consumers' exposure to television advertising and promotion (measured using television meters) with what they buy in stores(measured using store chechout scanners).

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Experimental Research

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The gathering of primary data by selecting matched groups of subjects, giving them different treatments, controlling related factors, and checking for differences in group responses.

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Focus Group Interviewing

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Personal interviewing that involvws inviting 6 to 10 people to gather for a few hours with a trained interviewer to talk about a product, service, or organization. The interviewer "focuses" the group discussion on important issues.

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Online (Internet) Marketing Research

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Collecting primary data through internet surveys and online focus groups.

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Sample

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A segment of the population selected for marketing research to represent the population as a whole.

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Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

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Managing detailed information about infividual customers and carefully managing customer "touch points" in order to maximize customer loyalty.