School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Marketing Research
  • Unit Code

    MKT6310
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Helen Diane CRIPPS

Description

Marketing research provides information about the marketplace to assist in effective management decisions, monitoring these decisions and to develop a keen understanding of marketing processes. This information includes the ability to track and predict the behaviours of consumers. This unit unpacks the marketing research process as it applies to the marketing functions within the business environment, providing managers with relevant data for informed decisions. The methodology of the marketing research process within this unit includes the design, gathering, quantification and appraisal of research techniques in a systematic and objective manner. An international focus is a core component of this unit. It reviews the latest online trends in marketing research, exposing students to this ever evolving global data gathering resource. From a strong theoretical basis, this unit adopts a practical and applied approach to marketing research, with students working with current, real-life marketing problems and opportunities for marketing research analysis.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from FBL5020, MKT6300

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must enrol in MKT6310 and MKT6320 in the same semester.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise a variety of popular techniques used in the collection and analysis of marketing information.
  2. Compare qualitative and quantitative research methods and their relevance to the marketing research process.
  3. Design appropriate research methodologies in response to a variety of local and international marketing problems and opportunities.
  4. Justify the biases and limitations of marketing data, comparing what it can and cannot achieve for management decisions.
  5. Plan data collection and analysis appropriate to management and research objectives.
  6. Produce appropriate data analysis and interpretation using the SPSS (statistical package for social sciences) software package, including both descriptive and inferential statistics.
  7. Produce professional marketing research proposals, data analysis reports and measurement instruments.

Unit Content

  1. Data analysis, advanced topics and final report: Data analysis and statistical methods, Univariate and bivariate analyses. Multiple regression: Modeling multivariate relationships, Multivariate methods of marketing research and Research frontiers, advanced topics and final report.
  2. Project and survey design, data collection, and sampling: causal designs and marketing experiments, exploratory and conclusive research, designing surveys and and sampling.
  3. The research process, data sources, and measurement: the purpose and process of marketing research, research design and data sources and measurement in marketing research.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is offered in a face-to-face, on-campus delivery mode as well as off-campus delivery. On-campus students attend a weekly two hour lecture/discussion session, followed by a one hour computer lab session, a total of three hours per week. Off-campus access is via Blackboard. All materials for this unit are available online. A component of the work in this unit is carried out in groups. The material for this unit will be supplemented with regular industry speakers (where appropriate these will be recorded for off-campus students) and closely facilitated by relevant technology (Qualtrics, SPSS).

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentResearch Project (team work - including peer assessment)50%
Laboratory WorkData analysis - multivariate techniques10%
ExaminationFinal Exam40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentResearch Project (team work - including peer assessment) 50%
Laboratory WorkData analysis - multivariate techniques10%
ExaminationFinal Exam 40%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Marketing Research
  • Unit Code

    MKT6310
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Helen Diane CRIPPS

Description

Marketing research provides information about the marketplace to assist in effective management decisions, monitoring these decisions and to develop a keen understanding of marketing processes. This information includes the ability to track and predict the behaviours of consumers. This unit unpacks the marketing research process as it applies to the marketing functions within the business environment, providing managers with relevant data for informed decisions. The methodology of the marketing research process within this unit includes the design, gathering, quantification and appraisal of research techniques in a systematic and objective manner. An international focus is a core component of this unit. It reviews the latest online trends in marketing research, exposing students to this ever evolving global data gathering resource. From a strong theoretical basis, this unit adopts a practical and applied approach to marketing research, with students working with current, real-life marketing problems and opportunities for marketing research analysis.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from FBL5020, MKT6300

Co-Requisite Rule

Students must enrol in MKT6310 and MKT6320 in the same semester.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Appraise a variety of popular techniques used in the collection and analysis of marketing information.
  2. Compare qualitative and quantitative research methods and their relevance to the marketing research process.
  3. Design appropriate research methodologies in response to a variety of local and international marketing problems and opportunities.
  4. Justify the biases and limitations of marketing data, comparing what it can and cannot achieve for management decisions.
  5. Plan data collection and analysis appropriate to management and research objectives.
  6. Produce appropriate data analysis and interpretation using the SPSS (statistical package for social sciences) software package, including both descriptive and inferential statistics.
  7. Produce professional marketing research proposals, data analysis reports and measurement instruments.

Unit Content

  1. Data analysis, advanced topics and final report: Data analysis and statistical methods, Univariate and bivariate analyses. Multiple regression: Modeling multivariate relationships, Multivariate methods of marketing research and Research frontiers, advanced topics and final report.
  2. Project and survey design, data collection, and sampling: causal designs and marketing experiments, exploratory and conclusive research, designing surveys and and sampling.
  3. The research process, data sources, and measurement: the purpose and process of marketing research, research design and data sources and measurement in marketing research.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit is offered in a face-to-face, on-campus delivery mode as well as off-campus delivery. On-campus students attend a weekly two hour lecture/discussion session, followed by a one hour computer lab session, a total of three hours per week. Off-campus access is via Blackboard. All materials for this unit are available online. A component of the work in this unit is carried out in groups. The material for this unit will be supplemented with regular industry speakers (where appropriate these will be recorded for off-campus students) and closely facilitated by relevant technology (Qualtrics, SPSS).

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentResearch Project (team work - including peer assessment)50%
Laboratory WorkData analysis - multivariate techniques10%
ExaminationFinal Exam40%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentResearch Project (team work - including peer assessment) 50%
Laboratory WorkData analysis - multivariate techniques10%
ExaminationFinal Exam 40%

Core Reading(s)

  • Feinberg, F. M., Kinnear, T., & Taylor, J. R. (2013). Modern Marketing Research: Concepts, Methods and Cases. (2nd ed.). Michigan USA: Cengage Learning.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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