Consumer Research
Consumer Research
Consumer Research
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Enables marketers to
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Marketers utilize CR
• to design marketing strategies
• and develop promotional messages
• … i.e. to influence consumers more effectively
Types
• Qualitative vs. Quantitative
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• Subjective data that is not easily coded into
numbers
• Words and feelings
• Fewer subjects
• Deeper level
Useful when..
• Marketing needs answers relating to motivation,
emotion, etc.
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• Focus Group Interview
• In-depth Interview
• Projective Technique
•…
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• An Example of Mixed Research Design
• three rounds of qualitative research and three rounds of
quantitative research rotationally in order to gain a
deeper understanding.
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Focus Group Interview
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• Focus Group: a group of people who
discuss a subject under the direction of a
moderator.
Popular in Industry
• Relatively quick, easy, inexpensive
• A first-hand glimpse of potential
customers
Not used so much in Academia
• Lacks in-depth
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TV Commercial – Snickers, FGI
(Participants: Four Creatures)
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FGI (one-way mirror glass)
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As a facilitator, the moderator should know what questions
to ask and prepare a game plan (questionnaire). 17
Participants should be relatively homogeneous with
respects to age, gender, culture, etc. 18
FGI Participants should be relatively
homogeneous with respects to culture.
Malaysia is multi-cultural.
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Focus Group Research - Steps
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