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marketing research - Answer procedures to develop and analyze new information to help
marketing managers make decisions
Marketing Information System (MIS) - Answer an organized way of continually gathering,
accessing, and analyzing information that marketing managers need to make ongoing decisions
big data - Answer data sets too large and complex to work with typical database
management tools
data warehouse - Answer a place where databases are stored so that they are available when
needed
decision support system (DSS) - Answer a computer program that makes it easy for marketing
managers to get and use information as they are making decisions
marketing dashboard - Answer displays up-to-the-minute marketing information in an easy-
to-read format--much like a car's dashboard shows the speedometer and fuel gauge
marketing model - Answer a statement of relationships among marketing variables
scientific method - Answer a decision-making approach that focuses on being objective and
orderly in testing ideas before accepting them
hypotheses - Answer educated guesses about the relationships between things or about
what will happen in the future
marketing research process - Answer a five-step application of the scientific method that
includes (1) defining the problem, (2) analyzing the situation, (3) getting problem-specific data,
(4) interpreting the data, and (5) solving the problem
situation analysis - Answer an informal study of what information is already available in the
problem area
secondary data - Answer information that has been collected or published already
,primary data - Answer information specifically collected to solve a current problem
sentiment analysis - Answer an automated process of analyzing and categorizing social media
to determine the amount of positive, negative, and neutral online comments a brand receives
research proposal - Answer a plan that specifies what marketing research information will be
obtained and how
qualitative research - Answer seeks in-depth, open-ended responses, not yes or no answers
customer journey map - Answer it is the story and graphic diagram of a customer's
experience in the buying process from need aw
focus group interview - Answer an interview of 6 to 10 people in an informal group setting
quantitative research - Answer seeks structured responses that can be summarized in
numbers--such as percentages, averages, or other statistics
response rate - Answer the percentage of people contacted in a research sample who
complete the questionnaire
consumer panel - Answer a group of consumers who provide information on a continuing
basis
experimental method - Answer a research approach in which researchers compare the
responses of two or more groups that are similar except on the characteristic being tested
statistical packages - Answer easy-to-use computer programs that analyze data
population - Answer in marketing research, the total group you are interested in
sample - Answer a part of the relevant population
confidence intervals - Answer the range on either side of an estimate from a sample that is
likely to contain the true value for the whole population
, validity - Answer the extent to which data measure what they are intended to measure
product - Answer the need-satisfying offering of a firm
quality - Answer a product's ability to satisfy a customer's needs or requirements
individual product - Answer a particular product within a product line
product line - Answer a set of individual products that are closely related
product assortment - Answer the set of all products tlines and individual products that a firm
sells
service - Answer an intangible offering involving a deed, performance, or effort
augmented reality (AR) - Answer an overlay of a computer-generated image, sound, text, or
video onto a user's view of the physical world
branding - Answer the use of a name, term, symbol, or design-- or a combination of these--to
identify a product
brand name - Answer a word, letter, or a group of words or letters
trademark - Answer those words, symbols, or marks that are legally registered for use by a
single company
service mark - Answer those words, symbols, or marks that are legally registered for use by a
single company to refer to a service offering
brand familiarity - Answer how well customers recognize and accept a company's brand
brand rejection - Answer potential customers won't buy the brand unless its image has
changed, or they have no other choice.
brand nonrecognition - Answer final customers don't recognize a brand at all-even though
intermediaries may use the brand name for identification and inventory control