Deck 1: Marketing Research: From Data to Information to Action

Question 1

Which of the following is TRUE for marketing research ethics?

A) All research methods that are legal are ethical.
B) Sugging is ethical under certain conditions.
C) A research method may be unethical even if it is legal.
D) Advocacy research is not necessarily unethical.
E) A research method may be ethical even if it is illegal.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Primary data are almost always less expensive and can be obtained and analyzed more quickly than secondary data.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The primary reasons for studying marketing research include:

A) Some may pursue a career in marketing research.
B) Knowledge of the marketing research makes for a "smarter" consumer.
C) Managers should know the benefits and limitations of marketing research.
D) Managers should gain an appreciation for the marketing research process.
E) All of the above are reasons for studying marketing research.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which of the following is FALSE?

A) The federal government is the largest producer of marketing facts.
B) All businesses share a common problem of needing information.
C) The principal task of marketing research is to increase profit.
D) Marketing research is only one of the aspects of a marketing strategy.
E) Not all of the above are false.

Question 5

Which of the following is FALSE?

A) A study to gauge the properties of a material for its suitability to manufacture a particular product is market research.
B) An attempt to determine the most efficient allocation of funding to various promotional activities is an example of marketing research.
C) A survey designed to identify the characteristics of light, average, and heavy users of detergent is an example of marketing research.
D) Videotaping computer users to understand the context of software use is an example of marketing research.
E) Visiting various restaurants and sampling different menu items in preparation for opening a new restaurant is an example of marketing research.

Question 6

Which of the following types of marketing research is most likely to be unethical?

A) Causal research
B) Descriptive research
C) Clinical research
D) Quantitative research
E) Advocacy research

Question 7

A company wants to identify the market for a new candy bar and commissions a survey of 1000 middle-school students from three cities. In this case, all middle-school students in the three cities are the _____ for the market research.

A) population
B) sample
C) control group
D) census
E) focus group

Question 8

Which of the following currently uses market research?

A) Retail companies
B) Political institutions
C) Religious organizations
D) Not-for-profit institutions
E) All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of advocacy research?

A) A firm manipulates research questions to portray a favorable impression of its products.
B) A website employs people to click on its ads in order to generate increased revenue.
C) A firm surveys its existing customers in order to find those who might be interested in a new product.
D) An airline offers reduced fares to frequent fliers, but does not advertise these on its website.
E) A marketer contacts people for a survey, but is actually trying to sell a product.

Question 10

What is the basic purpose of marketing research?

A) To make decisions for managers.
B) To furnish information that aids decision-making.
C) To assist government regulatory agencies.
D) To confirm management's decisions.
E) To help develop new products.

Question 11

Which of the following phases of the information-management process is NOT part of the marketing research process?

A) The specification of what information is needed.
B) The collection of the information.
C) The analysis of the information.
D) The use of the analyzed information.
E) The interpretation of the information.

Question 12

Which of the following is FALSE?

A) The basic purpose of marketing research is to assist marketing managers in making more informed decisions.
B) Marketing research became a significant business activity after World War II when the economy changed from a production orientation to a consumption orientation.
C) Marketing research as an organizational function was adopted by most firms when they could no longer satisfy demand for their products.
D) Marketing managers and marketing researchers work together in close partnerships that are most successful when managers understand research processes.
E) All of the above are false.

Question 13

Marketing research:

A) is simply asking consumers for their likes, dislikes, needs, and wants in a one-on-one situation.
B) spans the informational boundary between the firm and its environment.
C) can only be employed to assess the impact of past or contemplated adjustments in the marketing mix.
D) is most generally used for marketing control purposes.
E) is most generally a marketing implementation function.

Question 14

The Handyman Tools Company commissioned a survey designed to determine whether homeowners prefer plastic or metal casings on electric screwdrivers. The results of this survey will likely be used as input into decisions concerning which element of the marketing mix?

A) Price
B) Product
C) Publicity
D) Promotion
E) Place

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT consistent with the definition of marketing research?

A) The definition is broad.
B) The definition stresses the importance of activities conducted in order to understand the process of marketing.
C) The definition emphasizes the function as a link between consumers and the firm.
D) The definition states that marketing research is focused on collecting information.
E) Neither b nor d is consistent with the definition.

Question 16

Which of the following is TRUE?

A) Marketing research companies only provide syndicated research.
B) Marketing research began to grow when firms could no longer sell all they could produce.
C) Marketing research for retail is tailored specifically for the company, and is therefore always conducted in-house.
D) Marketing research is dominated by international, especially European firms, and is has only a minor collection of firms in the United States.
E) All of the above are true.

Question 17

Which of the following is an example of sugging?

A) A firm manipulates research questions to portray a favorable impression of its products.
B) A website employs people to click on its ads in order to generate increased revenue.
C) A firm surveys its existing customers in order to find those who might be interested in a new product.
D) An airline offers reduced fares to frequent fliers, but does not advertise these on its website.
E) A marketer contacts people for a survey, but is actually trying to sell a product.

Question 18

Emma's Ice Cream hires a local marketing research firm to find out which flavors and innovations local customers would prefer. The marketing research firm in the above scenario is conducting what type of research?

A) Causal research
B) Exploratory research
C) Advocacy research
D) Transnational research
E) Syndicated research

Question 19

Marketing research:

A) is the use of information to identify and define marketing problems.
B) aims to improve our understanding of management as a process.
C) aims to promote government regulation of research activities.
D) is only useful in companies with over $1 million in annual sales.
E) is not very useful to a provider of services, such as banks.

Question 20

The basic purpose of all marketing research is to help develop new products.

Question 21

Descriptive and causal research are also known as ____________________.

Question 22

Data collected specifically for a particular study is known as ____________________.

Question 23

Discuss the four main stages in the market research process.

Question 24

Advocacy research is generally an unethical form of market research.

Question 25

____________________ research is not custom designed for a particular client, but is designed and collected by the research company and sold to multiple clients.

Question 26

Contacting people under the guise of marketing research when the real goal is to sell products or services is known as ____________________.

Question 27

The particular subset of the population for whom data are available is known as a sample.

Question 28

If an action undertaken during market research is legal, it is ethical.

Question 29

____________________ research is needed if relatively little is known about the phenomenon to be investigated.