Study Guide #2
Marketing 300

FAQ:  What if I didn't do well on the first exam?
Answer:  You've only had one exam and it's only worth 18%.  However, you do need to do better on this exam, or you are unlikely to get the grade you want.  I advise you to come to my office and review your answers on Test #1 to see where you are having difficulties.  Don't be shy.  Don't wait until your performance is below your standards on two exams.

Chapter 6(Marketing Research)
"Conoco Satisfies 'Convenience Connoisseurs'," p. 137
The importance of Marketing Research
The Marketing Research Process (Locating and Defining Problems or Research Issues, Research Design, hypothesis, exploratory research, descriptive research, causal research, reliability, validity, primary data, secondary data, methods of collecting primary data, sampling, probability sampling, random sampling, nonprobability sampling, quota sampling, survey methods, mail survey, telephone survey, online survey, personal interview survey, in-home (personal) interview, focus groups, shopping mall intercept interviews, on-site computer interview (CATI), observation methods, experimentation, reporting research findings)
"Tapping into the Teen Market," p. 147
Databases
"Making the Most of Data," p. 152
Single-source data
The Internet and Online Information Services
The Importance of Ethical Marketing Research
International Issues in Marketing Research

Chapter 8 (Consumer Behavior)
Level of involvement
Routinized response behavior
Limited problem solving
Extended problem solving
Impulse buying
Consumer buying decision process (problem recongnition, information search, evaluation of alternatives, purchase, postpurchase evaluation) (internal search, external search, consideration (evoked) set, cognitive dissonance
Read "When Customers Complain," p. 200
Situational Influences
Psychological Influences  (perception, selective exposure, selective distortion, selective retention, motives, Maslow's hierarchy)
Learning
Personality, self-concept, lifestyle
Social Influences (roles, family influences, consumer socialization, reference groups, opinion leader, social classes--check table 8.1, culture, subcultures (including African-American, Hispanic and Asian-American)
Read "Avon:  A Fresh Face in Global Markets," p. 213
Chapter 9 (Business to Business)
"At Roberts Express, Customer Service Is Not A Trendy Buzzword," p. 222
Organizational Markets
Producer Markets
Reseller Markets
Government Markets
Institutional Markets

Dimensions of Organizational Buying (reciprocity, attributes of organizational buyers, primary concerns of organizational buyers, methods of organizational buying, new-task purchase, straight rebuy, modified rebuy, derived demand, inelastic demand, joint demand, demand fluctuation)
Organizational Buying Decisions (buying center, value analysis, vendor analysis, multiple and sole sourcing, influences on organizational buying)