MK0013-Marketing Research

FALL-2015
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Master of Business Administration - MBA Semester 3
MK0013-Marketing Research
(Book ID: B1711)
Assignment (60 Marks)
Note: Answer all questions must be written within 300 to 400 words each. Each Question carries 10
marks 6 X 10=60
Q1. Explain Cross sectional Research Design, its advantages and disadvantages.
Answer.A cross-sectional study design is used when

The purpose of the study is descriptive, often in the form of a survey. Usually there is no hypothesis
as such, but the aim is to describe a population or a subgroup within the population with respect to
an outcome and a set of risk factors.

The purpose of the study is to find the prevalence of the outcome of interest, for the population or
subgroups
Q2. What are the various fundamental properties of scales of measurement? Explain with an example
each.
Answer. Variables:
Imagine that you are a psychologist, and you want to do a study to see whether eating breakfast will help
kids focus. You think that the students who eat a healthy breakfast will do best on a math quiz, students
who eat an unhealthy breakfast will perform in the middle and students who do not eat anything for
breakfast will do the worst on a math quiz.
Q3. Describe the steps involved in Hypothesis Testing.
Answer. The Five Steps in Hypothesis Testing:
There are five steps in hypothesis testing:
1. Making assumptions
2. Stating the research and null hypotheses and selecting (setting) alpha
3. Selecting the sampling distribution and specifying the test statistic
4. Computing the test statistic
5. Making a decision and interpreting the results
Q4. Explain Pearson Product Moment Correlation with the help of an example.
Answer.In statistics, the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient (/ˈpɪərsɨn/) (sometimes referred
to as the PPMCC or PCC or Pearson's r) is a measure of the linear correlation between two variables X and
Y, giving a value between +1 and −1 inclusive, where 1 is total positive correlation, 0 is no correlation, and
−1 is total negative correlation. It is widely used in the sciences as a measure of the degree of linear
dependence between two variables. It was developed by Karl Pearson from a related idea introduced by
Francis Galton in the 1880s.Early work on the distribution of the sample correlation coefficient was carried
out by Anil
Q5. Explain Business to Business Market Research and types of market research undertaken in B2B
research.
Answer. B2B Research:
Formerly known as Strategic Intelligence Systems, SIS has developed an unparalleled global platform in
business and competitive intelligence since 1984. We provide clients with many levels of intelligence for
complete market insight. SIS is a founding member of the Society for Competitive Intelligence
Professionals (SCIP) in 1986. As a leading member in this field, ethics are of paramount concern and we
strictly adhere to SCIP’s code of ethics.
Q6. Write short notes on:
a) Copy testing
b) Sales Analysis
Answer. a) Copy testing:
Copy testing is a specialized field of marketing research that determines an advertisement’s effectiveness
based on consumer responses, feedback, and behavior. Also known as pre-testing, it might address all
media channels including television, print, radio, outdoor signage, internet, and social media.
Automated Copy Testing is a specialized type of digital marketing specifically related to digital advertising.
This involves using software to deploy copy variations of digital advertisements to a live environment and
collecting data from real users. These automated copy tests will generally use a Z-test to determine the
statistical
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