Marketing research /
Alvin C. Burns, Ronald F. Bush.
- 6th ed.
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2010.
- xxvii, 669 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Preface -- Ch. 1. The Nature of Marketing Research -- Ch. 2. The Industry: Structure, Evaluation, and Ethics -- Ch. 3. The Marketing Research Process -- Ch. 4. Defining the Problem and Determining Research Objectives -- Ch. 5. Research Design -- Ch. 6. Secondary Data Sources -- Ch. 7. Syndicated Services -- Ch. 8. Observation, Focus Groups, and Other Qualitative Methods -- Ch. 9. Survey Data Collection Methods -- Ch. 10. Measurement in Marketing Research -- Ch. 11. Designing Data Collection Forms -- Ch. 12. Determining the Sample Plan -- Ch. 13. Determining the Size of a Sample -- Ch. 14. Data Collection in the Field, Nonresponse Error, and Questionnaire Screening -- Ch. 15. Basic Data Analysis: Descriptive Statistics -- Ch. 16. Inferring Sample Findings to the Population and Testing for Differences -- Ch. 17. Determining and Interpreting Associations between Two Variables -- Ch. 18. Predictive Analysis in Marketing Research -- Ch. 19. Presenting the Research Results -- Endnotes -- Credits -- Index.
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