Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
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Fig. 2.1
Discussion
with
Decision Maker(s)
Interviews
with
Experts
Secondary
Data
Analysis
Qualitative
Research
Objective/
Theoretical
Foundations
Analytical
Model: Verbal,
Graphical,
Mathematical
Research
Questions
Hypotheses
Specification
of
Information
Needed
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Communication
Cooperation
Confidence
Candor (frankness)
Closeness
Continuity
Creativity
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Specific
Components
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Components of an Approach
Objective/Theoretical
Foundations
Analytical Model
Research Questions
Hypotheses
Specification of the Information
Needed
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Models
An analytical model is a set of
variables and their interrelationships
designed to represent, in whole or in
part, some real system or process.
verbal models
Graphical models
Mathematical models
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Graphical Models
Graphical models are visual. They are used to
isolate variables and to suggest directions of
relationships but are not designed to provide
numerical results.
Awareness
Understanding: Evaluation
Preference
Patronage
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Mathematical Models
Mathematical models explicitly specify
the
relationships among variables, usually in
equation form.
n
y a 0 a i xi
i 1
Where
y
= degree of preference
a ,a
0
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Development of Research
Questions and Hypotheses
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Fig. 2.4
Components of the
Marketing Research Problem
Objective/
Theoretica
l
Framewor
Analytical
k
Model
Research Questions
Hypotheses
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