Marketing Research

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• identify market research problems and select appropriate data collection strategies that link methodological theory with research practice.
• critically evaluate the various techniques employed in both quantitative and qualitative data analysis.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• critically assess the main types of research within the marketing domain.
• demonstrate skills in research, analysis, evaluation, and critical thinking.
• conduct independent research at the undergraduate level.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• various approaches and methods used in marketing research.
• the nature of marketing research and its role in supporting successful marketing decision-making.

• Setting up marketing research
• Planning marketing research: The research process
• Planning marketing research: Conceptualising research through literature review
• Marketing research designs: planning the research method
• Executing marketing research: Research methodologies and sampling
• Reporting marketing research
• Effective Use of Research Information

This module is delivered as a series of lectures with computer laboratory workshops.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Class discussions

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Informal feedback given during class discussions and workshop sessions.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.