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MARKETING RESEARCH REPORT

Topic: Market research and analysis of consumer behavior / attitudes towards a


business's products or services.

Request:

-Each group consists of 5-6 students.

-Specific topics are chosen by groups.

-Report format: Times New Roman, font size 12, line spacing 1.5. Minimum 10 Pages.

-Deadline for submission: week 13

-All information citation must indicate the sources and references.

Main content:

•Table of contents

•Identify research problems and objectives:

For example: the attitude of consumers toward shampoo, food, service… researching and
testing a new product ...

•Research plan:

-Primary and secondary data.

-Research methodology: survey and interview

-Research tools: Questionnaires, 15-20 questions, the research problem

- Sample size: 40-50 feedback.

•Information gathering: through contact methods to collect information

•Analysis: data, statistics, demonstration, figures...

•Suggestions: Strategies that businesses need to implement on products, brands, prices,


marketing channel, distribution, promotion.

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Basic Parts of a Research Paper

1. Title Page

Oftentimes referred to as the ‘cover page,’ this section is where you indicate the title of your
research, your name, institutional information and a few other relevant information
prescribed by your instructor.

Ex:

International School, VNU

AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MARKETING MIX IN DEVELOPING


NEW PRODUCT: A CASE OF…

by

INS 2003 6

……

2. Table of content, including:

1. Introduction

Introduce to your reader the “problem” by providing a brief background of your research.
Include the basic reasons how and why you came-up with the problem, and the probable
solutions that you can offer. In general, the introduction summarizes the purpose of the
research paper.

2. Review of Related Literature

This section is where you will be providing all the relevant readings from previous works.
Provide brief summaries or descriptions of the works of other authors. Make sure that your
research materials are from credible sources such as academic books and peer-reviewed
journals. Also, make sure that your reading materials are directly relevant to the topic of
your research paper. The literature review typically includes the names of the authors, the
titles of their works and the year of the publication of these works.

3. Methodology

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This section is where you will be providing the methods that you will be using in your
research. Typical methodologies include laboratory experiments, statistical or mathematical
calculations/computations, and comparison of existing literature.

4. Analysis of Data

This section is where you will be analyzing the data that you have obtained from the
methodological operation that you have chosen. Depending on the type of your research
paper, data analysis instruments and operations may vary. Common data analysis methods
include but are not limited to SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and
Threats) which is a form of a qualitative data analysis.

5. Results / Findings / Presentation of Data

This section is where you will be presenting the actual results of the analysis that you have
made based on your chosen methodology.

6. Discussion / Implication of Data Analysis

This is where you will be discussing more of the results of your research, its implications on
other fields as well as the possible improvements that can be made in order to further
develop the concerns of your research. This is also the section where you need to present the
importance of your study and how it will be able to contribute to the field.

7.Conclusion/Suggestions/Recommendations

Provide the conclusion to your research paper. While it is important to restate your general
thesis in this section, it is also important to include a brief restatement of the other parts of
the research paper such as the methodology, data analysis and results.

8. Reference Page / Bibliography

This section is where you list down all the academic materials you have used as sources of
information in your research paper. Typical reference formats/styles include but are not
limited to APA 5th, Harvard, MLA and Chicago/Turabian.

9. Appendices

This is the last few pages that support your analysis (especially repetitive or lengthy
information), validates your conclusions or pursues a related point should be placed in an
appendix (plural appendices). Sometimes excerpts from this supporting information (i.e. part
of the data set) will be placed in the body of the report but the complete set of information (
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i.e. all of the data set) will be included in the appendix. Examples of information that could
be included in an appendix include figures/tables/charts/graphs of results, statistics,
questionnaires, transcripts of interviews, pictures, lengthy derivations of equations, maps,
drawings, letters, specification or data sheets, computer program information.

The information included in the appendix must bear directly relate to the research problem
or the report's purpose. Each separate appendix should be lettered (Appendix A, Appendix
B, Appendix B1, Appendix B2, Appendix C, etc). The order they are presented in is dictated
by the order they are mentioned in the text of the report.

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