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In marketing experiments,the independent variable is the __________ and the dependent variable is the __________.


A) element that never changes; element that always changes
B) result; factor beyond the experimenter's control
C) result of an action; cause of an action
D) cause of an action; result of an action
E) element that always changes; element that never changes

F) B) and E)
G) C) and D)

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Surveys that enable the interviewer to be flexible in asking probing questions or getting reactions to visual materials would be best conducted using


A) mail surveys.
B) telephone interview surveys.
C) personal interview surveys.
D) fax surveys.
E) online surveys.

F) D) and E)
G) A) and B)

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When Home Depot entered the Quebec market,two percent of the population were aware of the retail chain.To determine how effective its advertising was in the first 18 months of its presence in Quebec,the firm conducted awareness research for a second time.Prior to conducting the research,it was decided that if at least 50 percent of the population were aware of the Home Depot brand,it would continue its present advertising program.This is an example of a(n)


A) objective.
B) constraint.
C) assumption.
D) measure of success.
E) barrier to entry.

F) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

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A picture or verbal description of a product or service a firm might offer for sale is referred to as a(n)


A) constraint.
B) exemplar.
C) new-product concept.
D) alternative.
E) protocol.

F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

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  -Consider the Marketing Research Method Photo C above.What type of marketing research method is <u>MOST LIKELY</u> being represented with observers behind a one-way mirror watching a discussion among people about topics of interest to marketers? A) individual interview B) questionnaire data C) social network D) information panel E) focus group -Consider the Marketing Research Method Photo C above.What type of marketing research method is MOST LIKELY being represented with observers behind a one-way mirror watching a discussion among people about topics of interest to marketers?


A) individual interview
B) questionnaire data
C) social network
D) information panel
E) focus group

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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After qualifying by having seen at least six movies in the last year,members of tracking studies are asked three key questions,one of which is __________.


A) How much would you be willing to pay for a ticket?
B) Will you be seeing the movie with someone else? If so,with whom?
C) In your own words,what is the premise of the movie?
D) Will you see the film this weekend?
E) If you like the movie,what is the probability that you will purchase it when it is released on a DVD?

F) B) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Which of the following statements concerning personal observation is most accurate?


A) Personal observation is more accurate than ethnopsychic research because the observer/analyst is able to pick up subtleties in the respondent's body language,speech patterns,and facial movements that are often missed by other data collection methods.
B) Personal observation is especially suited for small businesses that need the research data but cannot afford more expensive data collection methods.
C) Personal observation is very effective since it can reveal not only what people do,but also effectively determine why they do it.
D) Personal observation is both useful and flexible,but has reliability issues when different observers watching the same event report different results.
E) With personal observation,different observers will reliably report the same conclusions when watching the same event,such as people brushing their teeth.

F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

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Three frequently used sales forecasting techniques are (1) judgments of the decision maker; (2) surveys of knowledgeable groups; and (3) __________.


A) heuristic prognostications
B) customer contracts
C) trade association experts
D) statistical methods
E) empirical studies

F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Researchers for Frito-Lay discovered that matte beige bags of potato chips picturing potatoes and other "healthy" ingredients in the snack don't trigger activity in the anterior cingulate cortex,an area of the brain associated with feelings of guilt,as much as shiny bags with pictures of chips.Frito-Lay then switched out of shiny packaging in the United States shortly thereafter.This is an example of using


A) extrapolation.
B) supposition.
C) implication.
D) neuromarketing.
E) conjecture.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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All of the following are idea evaluation methods EXCEPT:


A) a mail survey.
B) an online survey.
C) a focus group.
D) a telephone survey.
E) an e-mail survey.

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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Two important advantages of secondary data are that it is __________ and __________.


A) inexpensive; up-to-date
B) up-to-date; supplies all relevant categories of information
C) inexpensive or free; saves time
D) tailor-made to specifications; relatively inexpensive
E) highly credible; up-to-date

F) B) and C)
G) None of the above

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Best Western International,Inc.,a national hotel chain,paid couples to videotape themselves as they spent three to seven days on a cross-country trip.From this,Best Western found that women usually decide when to pull off the road,where to stay over night,and what amenities the hotel or motel should have to make their stay more enjoyable.These couples were determining their lodging in a "natural use environment," and so providing __________ research to Best Western.


A) secondary
B) developmental
C) alternative
D) ethnographic
E) focus group

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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Children's accessory and toy store Red Carpet Baby! uses U.S.Census Bureau information to determine the number of families with children under age 5 for each state in its market area.Data obtained from this source are called __________.


A) proprietary data
B) primary data
C) secondary data
D) observational data
E) experimental data

F) All of the above
G) A) and E)

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The first step of the marketing research approach is to __________.


A) develop findings
B) define the problem
C) take marketing actions
D) collect relevant information
E) develop the research plan

F) A) and D)
G) C) and E)

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In the world of marketing,__________ are ideas about products or services.


A) theories
B) notions
C) perceptions
D) impressions
E) concepts

F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Google


A) is a depository of information on U.S.business,economic and trade activity collected by the federal government.
B) is to the most direct way to access all government websites.
C) provides up-to-the-minute business news and security prices plus research reports of companies,industries,and countries.
D) is the most popular Internet portal where users can enter key words or topics for specific searches.
E) accesses information in online databases and an index of blogs by primary topic.

F) B) and D)
G) All of the above

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As marketing vice president of Health Care Services,Inc.,you are in charge of developing an experiment to test the hypothesis that increasing the number of salespeople assigned to a territory will increase sales of health care services in the territory.Which experiment will do this best?


A) Create an incentive program for your salesforce based upon individual performance.Use increases in customer satisfaction as your dependent variable and increases in sales performance as your independent variable.
B) Select three degrees of service health care (poor,good,average) as your independent variable and measure customer responses for each grade using the same number of sales representatives in each territory as your dependent variable.
C) Create an incentive program for your salesforce based upon individual performance.Use increases in customer satisfaction as your independent variable and increases in sales performance as your dependent variable.
D) Use a different number of salespeople in three different sales territories as your independent variable and changes in sales of health care services as the dependent variable.
E) Create an incentive program for your salesforce based upon team performance.Use increases in customer satisfaction as your independent variable and increases in sales performance for the team as your dependent variable.

F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

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Analyzing data and presenting the results of this analysis would take place during which step of the five-step marketing research approach?


A) collect relevant information
B) develop the research plan
C) develop findings
D) take marketing actions
E) define the problem

F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

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Mechanical,personal,or neuromarketing methods are ways that __________ data can be collected.


A) virtual
B) primary source
C) hypothetical
D) observational
E) statistical

F) C) and D)
G) B) and E)

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__________ question is the simplest form of a fixed alternative question that allows only a "yes" or "no" response.


A) dichotomous
B) open-ended
C) closed-end
D) attitudinal
E) semantic differential

F) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

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