MARKETING RESEARCH

Paper Code: 
BSR 517
Credits: 
3
Contact Hours: 
45.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

COURSE OUTCOMES (COS) :

Course Outcomes

 

 

Learning and

teaching

strategies

 

Assessment

Strategies

CO 196: Weight the fundamentals of marketing research and its applicability in better marketing decisions.

CO 197 :  Discuss and make the students understand the nuances of marketing research process and techniques of data collection.

CO 198: Equip the students to take effective tools of sampling, 1, scaling and questionnaire framing.

 

CO 199:Develop the skills among the students to tabulate and code the collected data and tests which can be applied to analyze the data.

CO 200: Familiarize the students with the process of drafting a report and its interpretation based on a research and its contents.

 

Approach in

teaching: Class

room Lecture

(Theory/ Using

Power Point

Presentation)

/Discussions using

Leading Case laws/

 

Learning

activities for the

students:

Role Play activities/

Moot Court/Group

Discussions/ Class

presentation

Class

participation,

tutorial

assignments and

presentations,

class tests, C A

Test, Semester

End Exams.

 

9.00
Unit I: 
Introduction to Marketing Research
  • Marketing Research : Concepts, Importance, Purpose, Limitations, Applications of Research in Marketing, Scope, Types (basic & applied)
  • Market research vs. Marketing research,
  • Quantitative Research vs. Qualitative Research

 

9.00
Unit II: 
Marketing Research Process
  • Marketing Research Process, Research design (Exploratory, Descriptive and Casual)
  • Techniques and Instruments of Data Collection – Primary and Secondary and their advantages and limitation and usage.

 

 

9.00
Unit III: 
Sampling
  • Sampling Concepts, sampling techniques and methods, problems, Sample design.
  • Measurement and Scaling: Measurement Scales, Scales-Meaning, Scaling Techniques, Tests of sound measurement,
  • Questionnaire Drafting: Do’s and Don’ts, essentials of a good questionnaire, Likert Scale.
  • Hypothesis-Basic Concepts of Null and Alternate Hypothesis, Hypothesis Testing

 

 

9.00
Unit IV: 
Tabulation & Coding
  • Meaning of tabulation and coding. Theory and application of descriptive statistics – mean, median mode, standard deviation.
  • Theory of parametric and non parametric tests – t test, f test , Chi Square, Mann Whitney, Kruskal Wallis etc. Their usage on SPSS.

 

9.00
Unit V: 
Data Interpretation and Report Writing
  • Interpretation And Report Writing: Interpretation Meaning, Techniques of Interpretation
  • Research Report, layout and format, presentation, Types of reports, Precautions for writing research reports
  • Bibliography, Webliography and Citation using American Psychological Association (APA), Oxford, Harvard, MLA, American Sociological Association (ASA) of Research Papers and Books..

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Malhotra, Naresh K., Marketing Research: An applied orientation, Pearson Education
  • Beri, G.C., Marketing Research, Tata McGraw Hill
  • Tull, Donald S. and Hawkins, Del I., Marketing Research: Measurement and Method, Prentice-Hall of India

 

References: 

SUGGESTED READINGS:

  • Mishra, M.N., Modern Marketing Research, Himalaya Publishing House
  • Luck D.,Rubin, Donald S., Marketing Research, Prentice-Hall of India

e-RESOURCES

  • Bajpai , Marketing Research - Elibrary.in.pearson.com
  • Malhotra, Marketing Research   - Elibrary.in.pearson.com

JOURNALS

  • Jindal Journal of Business Research
  • Journal of Marketing

 

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