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Marketing Research Essentials with SPSS » (8th Edition)

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Authors: Carl McDaniel Jr., Roger Gates
ISBN-13: 9780470087022, ISBN-10: 0470087021
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: December 2009
Edition: 8th Edition

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Author Biography: Carl McDaniel Jr.

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.

Book Synopsis

An introductory textbook for management undergraduates. Topics cover creating a research design, data acquisition, and data analysis. The CD-ROM contains Internet links, case and data sets, and a PowerPoint presentation that includes testing questions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Table of Contents

PART ONE: AN INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING RESEARCH.
The Role of Marketing Research in Management Decision Making.
Problem Definition and the Research Process.
PART TWO. CREATING A RESEARCH DESIGN.
Secondary Data and Databases.
Qualitative Research.
Survey Research: The Profound Impact of the Internet.
Primary Data Collection: Observation.
Primary Data Collection: Experimentation.
PART THREE. DATA ACQUISITION.
The Concept of Measurement and Attitude Scales.
Questionnaire Design.
Basic Sampling Issues.
Sample Size Determination.
PART FOUR. DATA ANALYSIS.
Data Processing, Fundamental Data Analysis, and the Statistical Testing of Differences.
Bivariate Correlation and Regression.
PART FIVE. MARKETING RESEARCH IN ACTION.
Communicating the Research Results.
Managing Marketing Research and Research Ethics.
Appendix. Statistical Tables.

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