Tuesday, 22 September 2020

RESEARCH QUESTIONS SET 1

 RESEARCH QUESTIONS: SET 1 FOR PRACTICE

The process of marketing involves all of the following except:

a.    Product

b.    Production

c.    Pricing

d.    Distribution

e.    Promotion

Ans: b. Production

 

Problem identification research is undertaken to

a.    Help identify problems that are not visible on the surface but however will exist in the future

b.    Develop clear concise marketing segments

c.    Help solve research problems

d.    Establish a procedure for development of a primary research plan

Ans: a. Help identify problems that are not visible on the surface but however will exist in the future

 

Original source from which researcher directly collects the data that has not been previously collected

a.    Primary data

b.    Secondary Data

c.    Tertiary Data

d.    None of these

Ans: a. Primary data

 

When the research objective of a study is to gain background information and to clarify research problems in order to create hypotheses, the research is referred to as:

a.    Exploratory research design

b.    Descriptive research design

c.    Causal research design

d.    Experimental research design

e.    All of the above

Ans: a. Exploratory research design

 

Which of the following is true

a.    Secondary data is more accurate than primary data

b.    The researcher should attempt to gather secondary data before initiating a search for primary data

c.    Primary data are gathered by researcher and secondary data by others

d.    If the researcher uses secondary data from some who collected the data it is the secondary source of secondary data

Ans: b. The researcher should attempt to gather secondary data before initiating a search for primary data

 

Qualitative research techniques perform better in quantitative data in which aspect

a.    Developing generalized findings

b.    Gathering quality data

c.    Distinguishing small differences

d.    High reliability and validity

Ans: b. Gathering quality data

 

The ideal number of participants in a focus group are

a.    1 – 2 members

b.    3 – 7 members

c.    8 – 12 members

d.    13 – 20 members

Ans: c. 8 – 12 members

 

In the following cases secondary data collection will be sufficient to arrive at a conclusion about:

a.    A bank wants to determine how its customers feel about the new service they have introduced

b.    A fast-food franchisee wants to determine the market potential for a new type of specialty food in a certain area

c.    A department store chain wants to know if customers will spend more if a coffee shop was introduced

    Ans: b. A fast-food franchisee wants to determine the market potential for a new type of specialty food in a certain area

 

Which of the following is not a projective technique?

a.    In depth interview

b.    Pictorial construction

c.    Word association test

d.    Sentence completion test

e.    Role plays

Ans: a. In depth interview

 

A longitudinal study using the same sample of respondents which provides richer information than using a series of different samples is known as

a.    True Panel Studies

b.    Omnibus survey

c.    A cohort study

d.    Cross sectional survey

Ans: a. True Panel Studies

 

______ deals with time order of events or having a sequence of events is the criterion,

a.    Concomitant variation

b.    Temporal sequence

c.    Nonspurious association

Ans: b. Temporal sequence

 

_______ occurs when two events ‘covary’ or ‘corelate’, they vary systematically

a.    Concomitant variation

b.    Temporal sequence

c.    Nonspurious association

Ans: a. Concomitant variation

 

________ means any covariation between a cause and an effect is true rather than due to some other variable

a.    Concomitant variation

b.    Temporal sequence

c.    Nonspurious association

     Ans: c. Nonspurious association

 

A technique used to study written material, usually advertising copy, by breaking it into meaningful units using carefully applied rules

a.    Humanistic inquiry

b.    Content analysis

c.    Shopper patterns

d.    Mystery shoppers

Ans: b. Content analysis

 

The method of interviewing where one understands customers’ values and overall purchasing behavior

a.    Laddering

b.    Hidden-issue questioning

c.    Symbolic questioning

Ans: a. Laddering

 



FOR MORE PRACTICE QUESTIONS CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW


SET 2

https://sstuffsimplified.blogspot.com/2020/09/research-questions-set-2.html

 

SET 3

https://sstuffsimplified.blogspot.com/2020/09/research-questsions-set-3.html

 

SET 4

https://sstuffsimplified.blogspot.com/2020/09/research-questions-set-4.html

 

SET 5

https://sstuffsimplified.blogspot.com/2020/09/research-questions-set-5.html

 

 


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