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2, Consumer Research Process
2, Consumer Research Process
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Amity School of Business
Consumer Behavior
Dr.Vandana Gupta
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Amity School of Business
Marketing Research
Consumer Research
Amity School of Business
Qualitative Research
• Consists of depth interviews, focus
groups, metaphor analysis, collage
research, and projective techniques.
• Administered by highly trained interviewer-
analysts.
• Findings tend to be subjective.
• Small sample sizes.
Amity School of Business
Quantitative Research
• Descriptive in nature.
• Enables marketers to “predict” consumer
behavior (positivism).
• Research methods include experiments,
survey techniques, and observation.
• Findings are descriptive, empirical, and
can be generalized to larger populations.
Amity School of Business
Quantitative
Qualitative Research
Research
Study • Provide insights • Describe target
Purpose about ideas market
• Exploratory research • Results for
before quantitative strategic
study marketing
decisions
Types of • Open-ended • Close-ended
Questions • Unstructured • Attitude scales
Data • Projective techniques • Observation
Collection • Depth interviews • Experimentation
Methods • Focus groups • Questionnaires
Amity School of Business
Quantitative
Qualitative Research
Research
Sampling • Small • Large
Methods • Nonprobability • Probability
samples samples
Steps
• Defining the objectives of the research
• Collecting and evaluating secondary data
• Designing a primary research study
• Collecting primary data
• Analyzing the data
• Preparing a report of the findings