Subjects

Title:

Marketing Research

Guaranteed by:

Department of Economics and Management (837)

Faculty:

Central University Departments of UCT Prague

Actual:

from 2023

Semester:

summer

Points:

summer s.:6

E-Credits:

summer s.:6

Examination process:

summer s.:

Hours per week, examination:

summer s.:2/2, C+Ex [HT]

Capacity:

unknown / unknown (unknown)

Min. number of students:

unlimited

State of the course:

taught

Language:

English

Teaching methods:

full-time

Teaching methods:

full-time

Level:

Note:

course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment

Guarantor:

Králová Petra Ing. Ph.D.

Is interchangeable with:

B501022

1. Subject and definitions of marketing research - basis, characteristics, importance, trends, areas of use.

2. Marketing Information Management - Marketing Information System of a company

3. The process of marketing research - research and objective reality, defining the purpose of the research, orientation analysis, research project plan, choice of research topic and work with information sources. Hypotheses. Pre-research, probing, piloting.

4. Fundamentals of quantitative research - theoretical background, concepts and methods of quantitative research (observation, panel, interviewing networks), quantitative data collection techniques (PAPI, CAPI, CATI, CAWI, Focus Group, Neuro).

5. Fundamentals of qualitative research - theoretical starting point and possibility of utilization, difference from quantitative research (purpose, methodology and range of sampling), qualitative research methods (observation, discussion groups, individual interviews, projective techniques).

6. Defining and verifying research questions and hypotheses, sample selection - marketing research hypothesis, sources for hypothesis formulation, hypothesis breakdown (descriptive vs. explanatory, working vs. final). Sampling plan.

7. Statistical processing of information obtained by marketing research - errors in the application of survey methods, data control, basic statistical analysis of data. Errors applied to methods of investigation - errors in data collection.

8. Evaluation of the questionnaire - evaluation of the questionnaire in terms of validity and reliability, scaling of the questionnaire items - scalar properties, determination of factors influencing validity, evaluation of interfacial reliability using the Crombach alpha marker, determination of the significance of the Crombach alpha indicator.

9. Principles of writing a research report and organization of marketing research in the company. Presentation of results.

10. Market research - research of the overall market situation (Lifestyle, market development) and research of market participants (competition analysis, customer perception, needs and customer satisfaction).

11. Marketing mix research. Product, product research and product testing methods. Price research (customer perception, price competition). Distribution research.

12. Media analysis, advertising monitoring, thematic and content analysis of media. Marketing and socio-demographic research and their importance for media selection. (TV Research - Media Project, Radio Project).

13. Public Opinion Research. Role, meaning and function of public opinion in modern society, processes of formation and functioning of public opinion. Electoral research.

14. Modern trends in market research - neuromarketing research. Neuromarketing tools and techniques, data collection methods, Eye-Tracking, ad-marketing, product marketing, and online marketing opportunities.

Last update: Botek Marek (17.01.2020)

Teaching methods
	Activity	Credits	Hours
	Účast na přednáškách	1	28
	Příprava na přednášky, semináře, laboratoře, exkurzi nebo praxi	1.5	42
	Práce na individuálním projektu	1.5	42
	Příprava na zkoušku a její absolvování	1	28
	Účast na seminářích	1	28
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