Basic marketing research /
Naresh K. Malhotra.
- 4th ed.
- Boston : Pearson, c2014.
- xxxii, 670 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and early phases of marketing research -- Introduction to marketing research -- Defining the marketing research problem and developing an approach -- Research design formulation -- Research design -- Exploratory research design : secondary data -- Exploratory research design : syndicated sources of secondary data -- Exploratory research design : qualitative research -- Descriptive research design : survey and observation -- Causal research design : experimentation -- Measurement and scaling : fundamentals and comparative scaling -- Measurement and scaling : noncomparative scaling techniques -- Questionnaire and form design -- Sampling : design and procedures -- Sampling : final and initial sample size determination -- Data collection, analysis, and reporting -- Field work : data collection -- Data preparation and analysis strategy -- Data analysis : frequency distribution, hypothesis testing, and -- Cross-tabulation -- Data analysis : hypothesis testing related to differences -- Data analysis : correlation and regression -- Report preparation and presentation -- Running case -- Comprehensive critical thinking cases -- Comprehensive cases with questionnaires and real data -- Comprehensive brief harvard business school cases.