Type of research design: exploratory, descriptive, or causal
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Which type of research designâ?" exploratory, descriptive, or causalâ?"is appropriate for the following examples? Explain why.
-The goal of this research is to discover the real nature of the problem and to suggest new possible solutions or new ideas.
-A food manufacturer wants to know the demographics of people who purchase organic foods.
-A firm is considering hiring American celebrity Paris Hilton to endorse its products.
-British Airways would like to test in-flight Internet services on one of its regular flights from New York to Tokyo. The company charges $30 one week and $15 the next week.
-This type of study attempts to discover answers to the following questions: who, what, when, where, or how much.
-A manufacturer investigates whether consumers will buy a new pill that replaces eating a meal.
-Cosmopolitan magazine sends out a cover in selected markets featuring a female model to half of its readers and a cover with a female and male model to the other half of its readers to test differences in purchase response between the two groups.
-A hair-care manufacturer interviews wholesalers, retailers, and customers to determine the potential for a new shampoo package.
-This type of research attempts to capture a population's characteristics by making inference from a sample's characteristics and testing hypotheses.
-On the CBS television show Undercover Boss, top executives disguised as middle level or lower level employees investigate company departments to discover potential issues or problems.
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Which type of research designâ?" exploratory, descriptive, or causalâ?"is appropriate for the following examples? Explain why.
-The goal of this research is to discover the real nature of the problem and to suggest new possible solutions or new ideas.
Exploratory - going to figure out the variables involved and come up with a new theory or idea
-A food manufacturer wants to know the demographics of people who purchase organic foods.
Descriptive - going to describe the type of people that purchase organic foods
-A firm is considering hiring American celebrity Paris Hilton to endorse its products.
Causal - conduct a test market with Paris promoting the product in some markets and not in others. ...
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