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Managing Marketing Information to Gain Customer Insights

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Question 1

What is the primary role of a Marketing Information System (MIS)?

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Question 2

Which concept refers to the huge and complex data sets generated by today's sophisticated information generation, collection, storage, and analysis technologies?

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Question 3

According to the text's discussion on 'big data', what percentage of all the data in the world was created in just the past two years?

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Question 4

What is the primary objective of competitive marketing intelligence?

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Question 5

A marketing research project objective that aims to gather preliminary information to help define a problem and suggest hypotheses is known as what type of research?

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Question 6

What is a major advantage of using a company's internal databases for marketing information?

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Question 7

A research approach that involves sending trained observers to watch and interact with consumers in their 'natural environments' is called:

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Question 8

What is the most widely used method for primary data collection?

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Question 9

According to the case study on PepsiCo, the company restructured its marketing research departments into what kind of teams?

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Question 10

What is a major problem with using online surveys for marketing research?

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Question 11

A sample in which every member of the population has a known and equal chance of selection is called a:

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Question 12

What does the term 'marketing analytics' refer to?

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Question 13

Based on the Netflix example, what percentage of viewing activity on the platform results from its recommendations?

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Question 14

When conducting international marketing research, what is a common problem researchers face regarding secondary data?

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Question 15

What is the key ethical concern that critics raise about practices like behavioral targeting and social targeting?

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Question 16

In the example of the MetLife Wall CRM system, how many different company systems does it draw data from to create a consolidated customer view?

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Question 17

What is the first step in the marketing research process?

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Question 18

Which type of research is best suited for gathering causal information?

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Question 19

In the context of research instruments, what is a primary characteristic of closed-ended questions in a questionnaire?

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Question 20

A good marketing information system balances the information users would like to have against what they really need and what?

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Question 21

What is the primary characteristic of information classified as 'secondary data'?

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Question 22

Based on the USAA example, what is the company's reported customer retention rate, attributed to its skillful use of its internal database?

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Question 23

Which of the following is a key characteristic of focus group interviewing?

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Question 24

What is the primary drawback of a convenience sample?

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Question 25

In the context of the marketing research process, what is the final step after collecting, processing, and analyzing the information?

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Question 26

Which of the following research contact methods is generally the most flexible?

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Question 27

Based on the chapter, what percentage of the population in the United States uses the internet, making it a fertile channel for online research?

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Question 28

In the Kraft example, in what percentage of North American households are its classic brands found?

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Question 29

What is the primary purpose of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems in marketing?

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Question 30

What is a significant ethical concern regarding the misuse of research findings by companies?

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Question 31

Which of the following is a key characteristic of the information marketers need?

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Question 32

What is the primary advantage of experimental research over survey or observational research?

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Question 33

In international research, how many internet users per 100 people are there in Madagascar, illustrating the difficulty of reaching respondents online?

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Question 34

Mastercard's Conversation Suite, its digital intelligence command center, monitors brand-related conversations across how many markets and languages?

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Question 35

What is a major advantage of a mail questionnaire as a research contact method?

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Question 36

What is the primary function of a research proposal in the marketing research process?

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Question 37

Which of the following is an example of a mechanical research instrument?

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Question 38

What is the key reason that interpreting and reporting research findings should be a collaborative effort between the researcher and the marketing manager?

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Question 39

According to the chapter, what is the most important source of new product ideas for a company?

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Question 40

What is the primary characteristic of 'customer insights'?

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Question 41

In the Kraft marketing analytics example, the company has identified how many custom target segments?

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Question 42

The research approach that involves selecting matched groups of subjects, giving them different treatments, controlling related factors, and checking for differences in group responses is called:

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Question 43

What is the primary drawback of using neuromarketing techniques like EEG and MRI?

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Question 44

What does a good marketing information system (MIS) start and end with?

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Question 45

What is the primary reason marketers use crowdsourcing for new product ideas?

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Question 46

According to the chapter, a survey found that what percentage of Americans feel they have lost control over the collection and use of their personal data by companies?

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Question 47

The R-W-W framework for screening new product ideas stands for:

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Question 48

What type of sample involves the researcher selecting the easiest population members from which to obtain information?

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Question 49

In the example of Target's controversial use of a 'pregnancy prediction' score, what was the primary reason for customer backlash?

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Question 50

Why do marketers need to form precise age-specific segments within broader generational cohorts like 'baby boomers'?

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