The Practice of Market Research

The Practice of Market Research

An Introduction
3rd Edition

Yvonne Mcgivern

Nov 2008, Paperback, 584 pages
ISBN13: 9780273717072
ISBN10: 0273717073
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The Practice of Market Research offers a comprehensive and understandable account of the techniques and practical tasks involved in setting up and running marketing or social research projects. Although shorter than many market research books, this offers a well-rounded overview, good coverage of both qualitative and quantitative aspects of market research and particularly strong coverage of research design, questionnaire design, sampling and research ethics. This book is linked to The Market Research Society and has plenty of real life examples from big-name companies such as McDonalds and Levis as well as governments and charities. The author's depth of insight and experience of the real world of market research is evident throughout this book.

Foreword
The Market Research Society
Preface
Acknowledgements

PART I: INTRODUCING MARKET AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
1. The practice of market and social research
2. Introducing types of research

PART II: GETTING STARTED
3. Planning and designing research
4. Writing the brief and the proposal
5. Doing secondary research
6. Collecting qualitative data
7. Collecting quantitative data
8. Sampling
9. Designing questionnaires

PART III: GETTING ON AND FINISHING UP
10. Managing a research project
11. Analysing qualitative data
12. Analysing quantitative data 1
13. Analysing quantitative data 2
14. Communicating and reviewing the findings
Bibliography
Index