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ASSIGNMENT-I
1. Explain the role played by marketing research in understanding the customer.
How do the four components of MIS serve the informational needs of a marketer?
Thus, marketing research may also be described as the systematic and objective
identification, collection, analysis, and dissemination of information for the purpose
of assisting management in decision making related to the identification and
solution of problems and opportunities in marketing.
Marketing managers make numerous strategic and tactical decisions in the process
of identifying and satisfying customer needs. They make decisions about potential
opportunities, target market selection, market segmentation, planning and
implementing marketing programs, marketing performance, and control. These
decisions are complicated by interactions between the controllable marketing
variables of product, pricing, promotion, and distribution. Further complications
are added by uncontrollable environmental factors such as general economic
conditions, technology, public policies and laws, political environment, competition,
and social and cultural changes. Another factor in this mix is the complexity of
consumers. Marketing research helps the marketing manager link the marketing
variables with the environment and the consumers. It helps remove some of the
uncertainty by providing relevant information about the marketing variables,
environment, and consumers. In the absence of relevant information, consumers'
response to marketing programs cannot be predicted reliably or accurately.
Ongoing marketing research programs provide information on controllable and
non-controllable factors and consumers; this information enhances the effectiveness
of decisions made by marketing managers.
The internal records that are of immediate value to marketing decisions are: orders
received, stockholdings and sales invoices. These are but a few of the internal
records that can be used by marketing managers, but even this small set of records
is capable of generating a great deal of information. Below, is a list of some of the
information that can be derived from sales invoices:
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Product type, size and pack type by territory.
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Product type, size and pack type by type of account.
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Product type, size and pack type by industry.
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Product type, size and pack type by customer.
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Average value and/or volume of sale by territory
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Average value and/or volume of sale by type of account
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Average value and/or volume of sale by industry
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Average value and/or volume of sale by sales person
By comparing orders received with invoices an enterprise can establish the extent to
which it is providing an acceptable level of customer service. In the same way,
comparing stockholding records with orders received helps an enterprise ascertain
whether its stocks are in line with current demand patterns.
Data collection involves a field force or staff that operates either in the
field, as in the case of personal interviewing (in-home, mall intercept,
or computer-assisted personal interviewing), from an office by
telephone (telephone or computer-assisted telephone interviewing), or
through mail (traditional mail and mail panel surveys with persecuted
households). Proper selection, training, supervision, and evaluation of
the field force help minimize data-collection errors.
Ans:-
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
OBJECTIVE : Exploratory research is to explore or search
through a problem or situation to provide insights and
understanding
Used for following purposes:
•Formulate a problem or define a problem more precisely.
•Identify alternative courses of action.
•Develop hypotheses.
•Isolate key variables and relationships for further examination.
•Gain insights for developing an approach to the problem.
•Establish priorities for further research
•A review of academic and trade literature to identify the relevant demographic and
psychographic factors that influence consumer patronage of department stores
•U A comparative analysis of the three best and three worst stores of the same chain
to gain some idea of the factors that influence store performance
•Focus groups to determine the factors that consumers consider
important in selecting department stores
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
•Descriptive Research is to describe market
characteristics or functions
•Descriptive research is conducted for the
following reasons:
•Describing the characteristics of relevant groups, such as
consumers, salespeople, organizations, or market areas.
•Estimating the percentage of units in a specified population
Ans:- There are a few steps in the conceptual design of your questionnaire. As you
progress through these steps, you determine the form that the questionnaire will
eventually take. These steps are:
Once you have identified your features, you need to group the features into a
hierarchy.
* Determining the look and feel you want your questionnaire to have
You need to decide how you want your questionnaire to look. This includes such
things as how many questions should appear on each page of the questionnaire.
You base your design on your list of products and the list of features these products
represent. The questionnaire is used to identify products, and it uses features to do
it. Thus, the logical place to start is by making a list of your company's products.
You can get this list from the C3 Product Manager. Then you use your product list
to identify your feature list.
Your company may carry a large product line, and this product line might change
frequently. As a result, you may need to periodically redesign your questionnaire to
take these changes into account.
Identify and Categorize Your Features
Once you have a complete list of your products, you can use this list to identify the
features you will use in your questionnaire. Features are important because:
Since the questionnaire distinguishes between products by how their feature sets
differ, you need to create questions that can isolate specific features.
* Your customers will compare products based on their features.
Once you have created your list of features, you need to categorize them. That is,
you need to group them into a hierarchy where each feature is a member of a
specific feature type.
You might decide that a customer would rather answer all possible questions on a
single page, and go from that page to their final product list. This approach would
only require you to create a single questionnaire page within your questionnaire.
On the other hand, you might decide that each questionnaire page should have only
one question to answer, providing a wizard-like experience for your customer. In
this case, you would need to create a questionnaire page for each of your questions.
These two cases are the extremes, and it is more likely that you will create a
questionnaire that falls somewhere between the two. Most administrators choose to
design a questionnaire that has a reasonable number of questionnaire pages, with a
few questions assigned to each questionnaire page.
Whichever approach you choose to take, you need to decide ahead of time the
general appearance and behavior you want your questionnaire to have.
Laying Out the Questionnaire
Once you have listed your feature hierarchy and made a preliminary decision about
how you want your questionnaire to appear, you need to lay the questionnaire out.
The layout is a kind of tree diagram of the questionnaire that you create before you
actually build the questionnaire. This layout shows each of the questionnaire pages
that will be in the questionnaire, as well as the questions and answers that will
appear on each questionnaire page. The layout needs to show the path from one
questionnaire page to the next, as well as which products are identified by each path
in the diagram. To do this, you will:
* Use your list of features to determine what questions and answers you need to
create. The features can represent possible answers to the questions.
* Write questions (and their answers) that map to specific features.
* List the questionnaire pages that will contain these questions.
* Create a story board that shows the questionnaire.
A probability sampling method is any method of sampling that utilizes some form of
random selection. In order to have a random selection method, you must set up
some process or procedure that assures that the different units in your population
have equal probabilities of being chosen. Humans have long practiced various forms
of random selection, such as picking a name out of a hat, or choosing the short
straw. These days, we tend to use computers as the mechanism for generating
random numbers as the basis for random selection.
Some Definitions
Before I can explain the various probability methods we have to define some basic
terms. These are:
* N = the number of cases in the sampling frame
* n = the number of cases in the sample
* NCn = the number of combinations (subsets) of n from N
* f = n/N = the sampling fraction
That's it. With those terms defined we can begin to define the different probability
sampling methods.
Simple Random Sampling
The simplest form of random sampling is called simple random sampling. Pretty
tricky, huh? Here's the quick description of simple random sampling:
* Objective: To select n units out of N such that each NCn has an equal chance of
being selected.
* Procedure: Use a table of random numbers, a computer random number
generator, or a mechanical device to select the sample.
Objective: Divide the population into non-overlapping groups (i.e., strata) N1, N2,
N3, ... Ni, such that N1 + N2 + N3 + ... + Ni = N. Then do a simple random sample of
f = n/N in each strata.
There are several major reasons why you might prefer stratified sampling over
simple random sampling. First, it assures that you will be able to represent not only
the overall population, but also key subgroups of the population, especially small
minority groups. If you want to be able to talk about subgroups, this may be the
only way to effectively assure you'll be able to. If the subgroup is extremely small,
you can use different sampling fractions (f) within the different strata to randomly
over-sample the small group (although you'll then have to weight the within-group
estimates using the sampling fraction whenever you want overall population
estimates). When we use the same sampling fraction within strata we are conducting
proportionate stratified random sampling. When we use different sampling
fractions in the strata, we call this disproportionate stratified random sampling.
Second, stratified random sampling will generally have more statistical precision
than simple random sampling. This will only be true if the strata or groups are
homogeneous. If they are, we expect that the variability within-groups is lower than
the variability for the population as a whole. Stratified sampling capitalizes on that
fact.
The problem with random sampling methods when we have to sample a population
that's disbursed across a wide geographic region is that you will have to cover a lot
of ground geographically in order to get to each of the units you sampled. Imagine
taking a simple random sample of all the residents of New York State in order to
conduct personal interviews. By the luck of the draw you will wind up with
respondents who come from all over the state. Your interviewers are going to have a
lot of traveling to do. It is for precisely this problem that cluster or area random
sampling was invented.
Multi-Stage Sampling
The four methods we've covered so far -- simple, stratified, systematic and cluster --
are the simplest random sampling strategies. In most real applied social research,
we would use sampling methods that are considerably more complex than these
simple variations. The most important principle here is that we can combine the
simple methods described earlier in a variety of useful ways that help us address our
sampling needs in the most efficient and effective manner possible. When we
combine sampling methods, we call this multi-stage sampling.
Nonprobability Sampling
We can divide nonprobability sampling methods into two broad types: accidental or
purposive. Most sampling methods are purposive in nature because we usually
approach the sampling problem with a specific plan in mind. The most important
distinctions among these types of sampling methods are the ones between the
different types of purposive sampling approaches.
One of the most common methods of sampling goes under the various titles listed
here. I would include in this category the traditional "man on the street" (of course,
now it's probably the "person on the street") interviews conducted frequently by
television news programs to get a quick (although nonrepresentative) reading of
public opinion. I would also argue that the typical use of college students in much
psychological research is primarily a matter of convenience. (You don't really
believe that psychologists use college students because they believe they're
representative of the population at large, do you?). In clinical practice,we might use
clients who are available to us as our sample. In many research contexts, we sample
simply by asking for volunteers. Clearly, the problem with all of these types of
samples is that we have no evidence that they are representative of the populations
we're interested in generalizing to -- and in many cases we would clearly suspect
that they are not.
Purposive Sampling
* Expert Sampling
* Quota Sampling
In quota sampling, you select people nonrandomly according to some fixed quota.
There are two types of quota sampling: proportional and non proportional. In
proportional quota sampling you want to represent the major characteristics of the
population by sampling a proportional amount of each. For instance, if you know
the population has 40% women and 60% men, and that you want a total sample size
of 100, you will continue sampling until you get those percentages and then you will
stop. So, if you've already got the 40 women for your sample, but not the sixty men,
you will continue to sample men but even if legitimate women respondents come
along, you will not sample them because you have already "met your quota." The
problem here (as in much purposive sampling) is that you have to decide the specific
characteristics on which you will base the quota. Will it be by gender, age, education
race, religion, etc.?
* Heterogeneity Sampling
We sample for heterogeneity when we want to include all opinions or views, and
we aren't concerned about representing these views proportionately. Another term
for this is sampling for diversity. In many brainstorming or nominal group
processes (including concept mapping), we would use some form of heterogeneity
sampling because our primary interest is in getting broad spectrum of ideas, not
identifying the "average" or "modal instance" ones. In effect, what we would like to
be sampling is not people, but ideas. We imagine that there is a universe of all
possible ideas relevant to some topic and that we want to sample this population, not
the population of people who have the ideas. Clearly, in order to get all of the ideas,
and especially the "outlier" or unusual ones, we have to include a broad and diverse
range of participants. Heterogeneity sampling is, in this sense, almost the opposite of
modal instance sampling.
* Snowball Sampling
In snowball sampling, you begin by identifying someone who meets the criteria
for inclusion in your study. You then ask them to recommend others who they may
know who also meet the criteria. Although this method would hardly lead to
representative samples, there are times when it may be the best method available.
Snowball sampling is especially useful when you are trying to reach populations that
are inaccessible or hard to find. For instance, if you are studying the homeless, you
are not likely to be able to find good lists of homeless people within a specific
geographical area. However, if you go to that area and identify one or two, you may
find that they know very well who the other homeless people in their vicinity are
and how you can find them.
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ASSIGNMENT-II
1. Differentiate between the univariate and multivariate techniques of data analysis.
Multivariate Data Analysis refers to any statistical technique used to analyze data
that arises from more than one variable. This essentially models reality where each
situation, product, or decision involves more than a single variable. The information
age has resulted in masses of data in every field. Despite the quantum of data
available, the ability to obtain a clear picture of what is going on and make
intelligent decisions is a challenge. When available information is stored in database
tables containing rows and columns, Multivariate Analysis can be used to process
the information in a meaningful fashion.
Univariate statistics
+ Variance
+ Standard deviation
* Standardizing the dispersion among variables: dividing raw values by their
means and standard deviations to produce z-scores:
o Computation:
z-score =
± 1 s.d embraces
± 2 s.d. embraces
± 3s.d. embraces
o These % are reported in tables of areas under the normal curve and they
are used in testing observed statistics against expectations under the null hypothesis.
* Non-normal distributions:
o Asymmetrical distributions are skewed.
+ Defined as positively or negatively skewed by location of tail.
+ Measured by the "third moment" of deviation from the mean.
o Symmetrical distributions that are too flat (platykurdic) or too peaked
(leptokurdic) are measured by kurtosis.
+ Measured by the "fourth moment" of deviation from the mean.
+ Both measures of skewness and kurtosis can be computed by frequencies
and are expressed as deviations from 0.
* Some types of nonlinear transformations help "normalize" a non-normal
distribution.
o Squaring X helps normalize a distribution skewed to the left.
o Taking the square root helps normalize a distribution skewed right.
o Taking the logarithm of X also helps normalize a right-skewed distribution.
Ans:- Normally, when one hears the term measurement, they may think in terms of
measuring the length of something (ie. the length of a piece of wood) or measuring a
quantity of something (ie. a cup of flour). This represents a limited use of the term
measurement. In statistics, the term measurement is used more broadly and is more
appropriately termed scales of measurement. Scales of measurement refer to ways
in which variables/numbers are defined and categorized. Each scale of measurement
has certain properties which in turn determines the appropriateness for use of
certain statistical analyses. The four scales of measurement are nominal, ordinal,
interval, and ratio.
Nominal: Categorical data and numbers that are simply used as identifiers or
names represent a nominal scale of measurement. Numbers on the back of a
baseball jersey (St. Louis Cardinals 1 = Ozzie Smith) and your social security
number are examples of nominal data. If I conduct a study and I'm including
gender as a variable, I will code Female as 1 and Male as 2 or visa versa when I
enter my data into the computer. Thus, I am using the numbers 1 and 2 to represent
categories of data.
Interval: A scale which represents quantity and has equal units but for which zero
represents simply an additional point of measurement is an interval scale. The
Fahrenheit scale is a clear example of the interval scale of measurement. Thus, 60
degree Fahrenheit or -10 degrees Fahrenheit are interval data. Measurement of Sea
Level is another example of an interval scale. With each of these scales there is
direct, measurable quantity with equality of units. In addition, zero does not
represent the absolute lowest value. Rather, it is point on the scale with numbers
both above and below it (for example, -10 degrees Fahrenheit).
Ratio: The ratio scale of measurement is similar to the interval scale in that it also
represents quantity and has equality of units. However, this scale also has an
absolute zero (no numbers exist below the zero). Very often, physical measures will
represent ratio data (for example, height and weight). If one is measuring the length
of a piece of wood in centimeters, there is quantity, equal units, and that measure
can not go below zero centimeters. A negative length is not possible.
The table below will help clarify the fundamental differences between the four scales
of measurement.
You will notice in the above table that only the ratio scale meets the criteria for all
four properties of scales of measurement.
Interval and Ratio data are sometimes referred to as parametric and Nominal and
Ordinal data are referred to as nonparametric. Parametric means that it meets
certain requirements with respect to parameters of the population (for example, the
data will be normal - the distribution parallels the normal or bell curve). In
addition, it means that numbers can be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided.
Parametric data are analyzed using statistical techniques identified as Parametric
Statistics. As a rule, there are more statistical technique options for the analysis of
parametric data and parametric statistics are considered more powerful than
nonparametric statistics. Nonparametric data are lacking those same parameters
and can not be added, subtracted, multiplied, and divided. For example, it does not
make sense to add Social Security numbers to get a third person. Nonparametric
data are analyzed by using Nonparametric Statistics.
As a rule, ordinal data is considered nonparametric and can not be added, etc..
Again, it does not make sense to add together first and second place in a race - one
does not get third place. However, many assessment devices within the behavioral
and social sciences (for example, intelligence scales) as well as Likert-type scales
represent ordinal data but are often treated as if they are interval data. For
example, the "average" amount of pain that a person reports on a Likert-type scale
over the course of a day would be computed by adding the reported pain levels
taken over the course of the day and dividing by the number of times the question
was answered. Theoretically, as this represents ordinal data, this computation
should not be done.
In both of the above illustrations, the statement is make that they should be
theoretically treated as ordinal data. In practice, however, they are usually treated
as if they represent parametric (interval or ratio) data. This opens up the possibility
for use of parametric statistical techniques with these data and the benefits
associated with the use of techniques.
Ans:- Market segmentation is the identification of portions of the market that are
different from one another. Segmentation allows the firm to better satisfy the needs
of its potential customers.
The Need for Market Segmentation
The marketing concept calls for understanding customers and satisfying their needs
better than the competition. But different customers have different needs, and it
rarely is possible to satisfy all customers by treating them alike.
Target marketing on the other hand recognizes the diversity of customers and does
not try to please all of them with the same offering. The first step in target
marketing is to identify different market segments and their needs.
* Geographic
* Demographic
* Psychographic
* Behavioralistic
Psychographic Segmentation
* Activities
* Interests
* Opinions
* Attitudes
* Values
Behavioralistic Segmentation
* Benefits sought
* Usage rate
* Brand loyalty
* User status: potential, first-time, regular, etc.
* Readiness to buy
* Occasions: holidays and events that stimulate purchases
Behavioral segmentation has the advantage of using variables that are closely
related to the product itself. It is a fairly direct starting point for market
segmentation.
Ans:- A test market, in the field of business and marketing, is a geographic region or
demographic group used to gauge the viability of a product or service in the mass
market prior to a wide scale roll-out. The criteria used to judge the acceptability of
a test market region or group include:
* Television area
* Internet online test
* Test town
* Residential neighborhood
* Test site
The simple go or no-go decision, together with the related reduction of risk, is
normally the main justification for the expense of test markets. At the same time,
however, such test markets can be used to test specific elements of a new product's
marketing mix; possibly the version of the product itself, the promotional message
and media spend, the distribution channels and the price. In this case, several
`matched' test markets (usually small ones) may be used, each testing different
marketing mixes.
Clearly, all test markets provide additional information in advance of a launch and
may ensure that launch is successful: it is reported that, even at such a late stage,
half the products entering test markets do not justify a subsequent national launch.
However, all test markets do suffer from a number of disadvantages:
1. Replicability - Even the largest test market is not totally representative of the
national market, and the smaller ones may introduce gross distortions. Test market
results therefore have to be treated with reservations, in exactly the same way as
other market research.
2. Effectiveness - In many cases the major part of the investment has already been
made (in development and in plant, for example) before the `product' is ready to be
test marketed. Therefore, the reduction in risk may be minimal; and not worth the
delays involved. 'Competitor warning'. All test markets give competitors advance
warning of your intentions, and the time to react. They may even be able to go
national with their own product before your own test is complete. They may also
interfere with your test, by changing their promotional activities (usually by
massively increasing them) to the extent that your results are meaningless.
3. Cost- Although the main objective of test markets is to reduce the amount of
investment put at risk, they may still involve significant costs.
Ans:-
Pre Testing Advertising Campaigns
Advertisements can be researched prior to their release (pre-test) or after they have
been released (post-test). Pre-tests are sometimes referred to as copy tests.
The methods used to pre-test advertisements are based upon either qualitative or
quantitative criteria. The most common methods used to pre-test advertisements are
concept testing, focus groups, consumer juries, dummy vehicles, readability, theatre
and physiological tests. Focus groups are the main qualitative method used and
theatre or hall tests, the main quantitative tests.The primary purpose of
testingadvertisements during the developmental process is to ensure that the final
creative will meet the advertising objectives.
The practical objective of pre-testing unfinished and finished creative work is that it
is more effective for an advertiser to terminate an advertisement before costs
become so large and commitment too final. Changes to an advertisement that are
made too late may be resisted partly because of the sunk costs and partly because of
the political consequences that ‘pulling’ an advertisement might have.Once a series
ofadvertisements has been roughed or developed so that its messages can be clearly
understood, advertisers seek reassurance and guidance regarding which of the
alternatives should be developed further.
Concept tests, in-depth interviews, focus groups and consumer juries can be used to
determine which of the proposed advertisements are the better ones by using
ranking and prioritization procedures. Of those selected, further testing can be used
to reveal the extent to which the intended message is accurately decoded. These
comprehension and reaction tests are designed to prevent
inappropriateadvertisements reaching the finished stage.
Advertising Post-Testing
The projective techniques are used to overcome the barriers of rationality, logicality
and politeness, which often play an important role in case of direct questioning. In
direct questioning people often tend to give politically correct answers that are
considered right by many. Also they try not to hurt the researcher and thus avoid
negative answers. In case of projective techniques, an indirect approach is adopted.
Instead of asking questions, the respondents are subjected to different test. These
include the associations test, sentence completion test and thematic appreciation
test.
Sentence completion tests are an extension of the association test. Here the
respondents are given incomplete test use pictures, which are shown to respondents.
They are asked to tell stories about the pictures. These descriptions and
interpretations are analyzed to find out about their attitudes.
In depth interviewing the respondent is first put at ease by the researcher while he
tries to build up a rapport with the respondents. Then the respondents are asked
leading or probing questions to bring out his underlying subconscious reaction to
the brand or organization advertised. The questions are never structures and the
interview is always conducted in a free and cordial manner. The flexibility and
freeness brings out many facts. Which usually are hidden beneath the conscious
mind of the respondent? Depth interviewing needs to be conducted by highly skilled
and trained psychologists to be able to fully explore the attitude of respondents.
One often face the problem of artificiality a while conducting pre-testing. This
problem is easily overcome during post-testing. Post-tests attempt to measure the
actual effect of real advertisements in real situations. This is a more practical
approach to measure the effectiveness of car mat advertisements. Different types are
conducted as part of post-testing advertisements. Whatever the purpose of a car mat
advertisement, its first task is to be seen, read, or heard. Every advertisement uses
some means or other to get attention and hold it. Here comes the first big hurdle
recognition. This is simply a matter of identifying an advertisement that one has
seen before. Recognition is a necessary condition for effective advertising. If
advertisements cannot pass this hurdle, it will probably not be effective. Recognition
tests are usually used for print ads.
While many types of recognition have been designed for the car mats
advertisements. The starch recognitions test sends newspaper or magazine to
respondents and then sends interviews to conduct the tests. Starch tests usually finds
out the recognition rates of various elements of the ads like the visual or illustration,
headline, logo, body copy, color, size, shape etc.
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ASSIGNMENT-III
1. How does sales forecasting affect the other decisions of a company? Briefly
discuss the factors that lead to an accurate sales forecast.
Ans:- Sales forecasts are common and essential tools used for business planning,
marketing, and general management decision making. A sales forecast is a
projection of the expected customer demand for products or services at a specific
company, for a specific time horizon, and with certain underlying assumptions.
A special term in studying sales and market forecasts is the word "potential." This
refers to the highest possible level of purchasing, whether at the company level or at
the industry or market level. In practice, full potential is almost never reached, so
actual sales are typically somewhat less than potential. Hence, forecasts of potential
must be distinguished from forecasts that attempt to predict sales realized.
Yet sales forecasts are conditional in that they are only estimations and are highly
interdependent with corporate strategy and actions. Some forecasts are developed
before strategies and action plans are formulated; others are created to gauge the
anticipated effects of an existing strategy.
A sales forecast may cause management to adjust some of its assumptions or
decisions about production and marketing if the forecast indicates that (1) the
current production capacity is grossly inadequate or excessive and (2) sales and
marketing efforts are inconsistent with the expected outcomes. Management
therefore has the opportunity to examine a series of alternate plans for changes in
resource commitments (such as plant capacity, promotional programs, and market
activities), changes in prices, or changes in production scheduling. Indeed, when a
company is evaluating different courses of action it may develop separate forecasts
for each option in order to assess the implications of each.
2. What are the objectives of the Market Research Society of India (MRSI)? Briefly
describe the significance of television ratings as a source of information.
(b) To organize or form organizations for the development and regulation of the
field of market research and to afford opportunities in the field of market research
to secure the recognition for the art and science of market research from the public,
advertisers, advertising agencies, publishers and the Government
(c) To organize and hold exhibitions, lectures, classes, debates, conferences, tours,
excursions or any other functions for the furtherance of the objects of the Society
(d) To promote the art and science of marketing research for diffusion of knowledge
acquired by such research to advertisers, publishers and public, and like minded
institutions
(e) To provide and maintain libraries, and such other services and protect the field
of market research
(f) To collect, classify, circulate and / or publish statistics and other information
relating to commercial interests, so as to diffuse commercial information and
knowledge amongst members
(g) To establish just and equitable principles in the field of market research and
regulate or restrict the conduct in the field of market research and to deal with such
matters
(h) To take all steps which may be necessary for promoting, supporting or
proposing legislation, notifications, orders or other instruments affecting the
aforesaid interest by the Government, or any other department thereof, or by any
local bodies and in general to take the initiative to secure the welfare of the market
research community in all respects
(i) To institute and establish scholarships, rewards, grants and prizes to encourage
the schemes of instruction in market research
(l) To do all such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the
attainment of the above objects
(m) To carry out surveys in cities, towns and villages to investigate use of family
planning aids presently being used to enhance their use by finding out reasons for
refusal or reluctance to take to family planning and convey this data to the Union
and State Ministry of health and social welfare as well as the family planning
association of India, educational institutes, and other related organizations
(n) To carry out surveys in cities of those categories coming under the term disabled
namely deaf, blind, dumb, spastics, orthopedically handicapped, mentally
handicapped and convey this data to the Ministries both at the central and state
levels as well as educational and Social Welfare Institutions and organizations
working for the welfare of the handicapped
(o) To carry out surveys in cities in locations where drug usage is widespread, to
gauge extent of drug addiction among various strata of society, their availability and
prices at different locations and convey this information to the concerned bodies
(p) To aid other charitable organisations with a view to furthering their aims and
activities.
Television content rating systems give television viewers an idea of the suitability of
a television programme for children and/or adults. Many countries have their own
television rating system and each country's rating process may differ due to local
priorities. Programs are rated by either the organization that manages the system,
the broadcaster or by the content producers themselves.
A rating is usually set for each individual episode of a television series. The rating
can change per episode, network, rerun and per country. As such it is impossible to
state what kind of rating a programme has, without stating when and where this
rating applied.
Ratings
GRPs measure the total exposure a spot receives. If a spot runs in a show that has a
7 rating, then another show with a 10 rating, followed by another that has a 9
rating, the spot has accumulated 26 GRPs. That doesn’t mean that 26 percent of the
potential total viewership has seen it, because some viewers will have seen it each
time. That’s why many advertisers feel they need at least 300 GRPs to give their
entire target segment an opportunity to see their message. More is better, and some
advertisers prefer schedules with 500 to 700 GRPs to make certain their message is
seen, and seen often.
Share
Obviously, not all potential viewers are watching TV all the time. It’s useful to
measure a show’s popularity in terms of its proportion of all viewers watching TV at
the time. For example, if a show has 32 share, that means it has nearly a third of all
the viewers who are watching TV at that time.
Frequency
These are straightforward ways to quantify how much viewership a spot gets for the
dollars spent airing it. These measures allow comparisons of stations' advertising
prices to make most efficient use of budgets. Cost per point is the cost for each
rating point purchased. Cost per thousand, abbreviated as CPM, reflects the
advertising cost per thousand viewers exposed to a spot.
Questions worded simply and clearly, not ambiguous or vague, must be objective
· Attractive in appearance (questions spaced out, and neatly arranged)
· Write a descriptive title for the questionnaire
· Write an introduction to the questionnaire
· Order questions in logical sequence
· Keep questionnaire uncluttered and easy to complete
· Delicate questions last (especially demographic questions)
· Design for easy tabulation
· Design to achieve objectives
· Define terms
· Avoid double negatives (I haven't no money)
· Avoid double barreled questions (this AND that)
· Avoid loaded questions ("Have you stopped beating your wife?")
· Phrase questions for all respondents
Sometimes, the entire population will be sufficiently small, and the researcher can
include the entire population in the study. This type of research is called a census
study because data is gathered on every member of the population.
Usually, the population is too large for the researcher to attempt to survey all of its
members. A small, but carefully chosen sample can be used to represent the
population. The sample reflects the characteristics of the population from which it is
drawn.
Random sampling is the purest form of probability sampling. Each member of the
population has an equal chance of being selected. When there are very large
populations, it is often difficult or impossible to identify every member of the
population, so the pool of available subjects becomes biased. Random sampling is
frequently used to select a specified number of records from a computer file.
Snowball sampling is a special nonprobability method used when the desired sample
characteristic is rare. It may be extremely difficult or cost prohibitive to locate
respondents in these situations. Snowball sampling relies on referrals from initial
subjects to generate additional subjects. While this technique can dramatically
lower search costs, it comes at the expense of introducing bias because the technique
itself reduces the likelihood that the sample will represent a good cross section from
the population.
5. Explain the role of marketing research in new product development. What are
the research methods used to test the feasibility of a new product launch?
"Marketing research does not make decisions and it does not guarantee success".
Marketing managers may seek advice from marketing research specialists, and
indeed it is important that research reports should specify alternative courses of
action and the probability of success, where possible, of these alternatives. However,
it is marketing managers who make the final marketing decision and not the
researcher. The second observation, that marketing research does not guarantee
success, is simply a recognition of the environment within which marketing takes
place. In the fields of science and engineering researchers are often working with
deterministic models of the world where y = f(x). That is, x is a necessary and
sufficient condition for y to occur. For instance, an increase in pressure is usually
necessary and sufficient to bring about a rise in air temperature. In the social
sciences, and this includes marketing and marketing research, the phenomenon
under investigation rarely, if ever, lends itself to deterministic modelling. Consider
the marketing problem of determining how much to spend on promotion in order to
achieve a given market share. The link between promotional expenditure and sales
is not so direct as that between pressure and temperature. There are a great many
more intervening variables, including: the media used, the effectiveness of the
promotional message, the length and frequency of the campaign, not to mention the
many dimensions of the product, price and distribution. Marketing researchers
work with probabilistic models of the form:
y = f(x1)..(fx2)...f(xn)...
This reflects the fact that in order for a target market share to be reached some
promotion (amount unknown) is necessary but will not be sufficient, on its own, to
achieve the target. Y is a function of a number of variables and the interactions
between them. The model is further complicated by the fact that these interactions
are themselves often not understood. It is for these reasons that marketing
researchers cannot guarantee that decisions based on their information will always
prove 'successful'. Rather the best that a competent researcher and a well designed
study will be able to offer is a reduction in the amount of uncertainty surrounding
the decision.
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CASE - 1
Questions:
1. Evaluate the market for shampoos in terms of the potential of various pack sizes
in the rural and urban markets.
Ans:- The shampoo market in India has changed significantly since the 1960s when
it first became a lifestyle product in urban homes. As of 2008, it was a very
competitive market with dominant players such as Hindustan Unilever Ltd. and
Procter & Gamble Company. Analysts expect competition in the market to intensify
further with the entry of companies such as ITC Ltd. The market is marked by
intense competition from domestic as well as multinational companies. The
changing dynamics in the industry coupled with comparatively low penetration
rates offer the players in this market the opportunity to grow in both the top and
bottom ends of the market, according to analysts. Shampoos for hair care are
comparatively of recent origin in India. Penetration of shampoos in urban areas has
grown from 240 households (hhs) per 1,000 in 1992-1993 to 810 hhs per 1,000 in
2001-2002. In rural India, penetration of shampoos has risen from 50 hhs to 239
hhs. In urban lower middle income class, penetration has increased from 215 hhs to
777 hhs.
While the awareness level is high, the penetration level is very low even in the
metros which is only 30%. Urban markets account for 80% of the total shampoo
market, The penetration level is rapidly increasing due to decline in excise duty,
which was 120% in 1993 to 30% currently.
» Analyze the promotional strategies adopted by Unilever to promote the Clinic Plus
brand in India, particularly the‘Hairapy’ and the global ‘Life Can’t Wait’
campaign.
It was launched in India in 1964. In the initial years in India, Clinic plus was a
cosmetic beauty shampoo. Within ten years of its launch in India Clinic Plus
launched a tonic shampoo for dandruff, which was the first anti-dandruff shampoo
in India.
In the India, Unilever’s goal was to position clinic plus as a brand that understood
the problems faced by women and their needs and preferences.
HINDUSTAN UNILEVER claims to practice value-based pricing in which the
customers’ perception of the product’s price provides a starting point for
developing the marketing mix of the product. The research department determines
this price usually by using focus groups. The price of Re 1 and 2 for Clinic plus
shampoo sachets shows how the price also reflects a concern to make the purchase
more convenient, since the rupee is denoted in this value.
Ans:-
Shampoo is the personal hygienic product and has a large market. So, it is
important to determine which factors play the pivotal role to influence the consumer
purchasing behaviour. In this assignment, the first factor is quality, country of
origin-brand, theory of consumer ethnocentrism, and the social influence. These
variables form a combination to produce an impact as to manifest our different
behaviour of a consumer.
OPPORTUNITIES
PROMOTION
•Build top of the line consumers’ awareness.
•Creating a personality of the brand.
Besides having these general objectives, the advertising objectives are set avoiding to
the advertising strategy for each product, e.g. Clinic plus advertising objectives
since it was being re-launched were:
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CASE - 2
Questions:
(i) What type of study is this?
(ii) What sample design should be used by the Company?
(iii) Design a suitable questionnaire.
Ans:- Q1. From which place you generally buy the food products. ?
Ans. i) Hawkers [] ii) Convenience store []
iii) Kiryana store [] iv) Others, plz specify…
i) Buy more
and save
v) Provide a chance
to win large prizes
Q6.Demographic Profile-:
Education
i. Under Graduate [ ] ii. Graduate []
iii. Post Graduate [ ] iv. Doctrate []
Anyother,please
specify…………………………………………………….