Undergraduate - UnitMKF2121 - Marketing research methods

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6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Business and Economics
Organisational Unit	Department of Marketing
Offered	Caulfield First semester 2013 (Day) Caulfield Second semester 2013 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Junzhao Ma (First semester);Dr Stanislav Stakhovych (Second semester)

Synopsis

The process of marketing research. Role of research in the marketing decision process. Developing key outputs -- brief, proposal, report. Planning and managing a research project. Qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Statistical analysis, marketing interpretation and reporting.

Outcomes

The learning goals associated with this unit are to:

provide a working knowledge of key concepts and methods used in marketing research
develop a capability in formulating a theoretical framework for a marketing problem/opportunity
provide an understanding of how to formulate a research design
develop an ability to apply SPSS statistical software
develop an ability to interpret statistical output from a marketing perspective.