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Real Data, Real People, Real Research. In the Eight Edition of Marketing Research, McDaniel and Gates continue to share their real-life experiences from the industry to teach students how to make critical business decisions through the study of market research.  The authors’ practical approach and emphasis on being “real” has made this one of the world’s leading marketing research texts.  Like no other, this text prepares students by introducing actual data samples, marketing research professionals, and real-world case problems.  Filled with engaging, current examples drawn from the authors' ongoing involvement in the field, this comprehensive text teaches students how to become effective consumers of market research.

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Author:   Carl McDaniel (University of Texas, Arlington) ,  Roger Gates (DSS Research)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   8th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.20cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 25.70cm
Weight:   1.461kg
ISBN:  

9780470087022

ISBN 10:   0470087021
Pages:   792
Publication Date:   01 February 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9781118074619
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface. 1. The Role of Marketing Research in Management Decision Making. 2. The Marketing Research Industry and Research Ethics. 3. Problem Definition, Exploratory Research, and the Research Process. 4. Secondary Data and Databases. 5. Qualitative Research. 6. Traditional Survey Research. 7. Online Marketing Research. 8. Primary Data Collection: Observation. 9. Primary Data Collection: Experimentation and Test Markets. 10. The Concept of Measurement. 11. Using Measurement Scales to Build Marketing Effectiveness. 12. Questionnaire Design. 13. Basic Sampling Issues. 14. Sample Size Determination. 15. Data Processing and Fundamental Data Analysis. 16. Statistical Testing of Differences and Relationships. 17. Bivariate Correlation and Regression. 18. Multivariate Data Analysis. 19. Communicating the Research Results. 20. Managing Marketing Research. Photo Credits. Appendix 1: Comprehensive Cases. Appendix 2: Considerations in Creating a Marketing Plan. Appendix 3: Statistical Tables. Endnotes. Glossary. Index.

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Carl McDaniel, Jr. is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Marketing at University of Texas, Arlington.  He received his Ph.D. from Arizona State University in 1970, joining the faculty at UTA the same year.  He has extensively published in the areas of marketing basics and marketing research.  He is the author of over twenty textbooks.  He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Business Research, is an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, and a member of the Board of Directors for the North Texas Higher Education Authority.  In the spring of 1995 he served as a senior consultant to the International Trade Centre in Geneva, Switzerland; was an invited lecturer at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce in Pau, France for the past four springs; and recently lectured at eighteen universities in Latin America.  Dr. McDaniel was named a Distinguished Fellow of the Southwestern Marketing Association in 1992.

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