Advanced Marketing Research

Understanding and applying marketing research is essential for marketing students. It provides knowledge of consumers, the product lifecycle and perspectives of employees, competitors and funders. Advanced Marketing Research is a new textbook written for undergraduate and postgraduate marketing students, providing them with essential research methods and skills. Using a problem-based learning approach, it covers the traditional qualitative and quantitative marketing research tools such as surveys, focus groups and interviews as well as newer techniques such as big data analytics, neural networks and social media sentiment analysis. It explores the use of artificial intelligence and the multiverse in marketing research and the ethical considerations that need to be taken into account. Readers will also learn how to write a marketing research report and the importance of visualisation. It is supported by a range of features including learning outcomes, end of chapter examples with data sets and sample essay questions. With online resources consisting of lecturer slides, additional exercises and multiple choice questions, Advanced Marketing Research is an indispensable resource for marketing students.