{"id":28720,"date":"2024-06-25T02:19:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T02:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/quantitative-marketing-research-report-results-discussion-and-recommendations-assignment\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T02:19:27","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T02:19:27","slug":"quantitative-marketing-research-report-results-discussion-and-recommendations-assignment","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/quantitative-marketing-research-report-results-discussion-and-recommendations-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"Quantitative Marketing Research Report: Results, Discussion, and Recommendations Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">quantitative marketing research<br \/>\nreport: results, discussion, and recommendations Assignment instructions<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\nOverview<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In today\u2019s fiercely competitive<br \/>\nbusiness environment, companies cannot afford to make decisions based on<br \/>\nguesswork or assumptions. They need reliable qualitative or quantitative data<br \/>\nand insights to develop effective marketing strategies, understand consumer<br \/>\nneeds and preferences, identify market trends, and stay ahead of their<br \/>\ncompetitors. Marketing research provides organizations with valuable<br \/>\ninformation about their target audience, allowing them to make informed<br \/>\ndecisions and tailor their offerings accordingly. This assignment provides the<br \/>\nstudent with the opportunity to practice developing marketing research reports.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\nInstructions<\/span><\/b><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">In 850\u20131,150 words,&nbsp;you&nbsp;will<br \/>\nwrite the results, discussion, and recommendation section of the<br \/>\npaper.&nbsp;The current APA heading of this section must<br \/>\nbe&nbsp;\u201cDiscussion,&nbsp;Conclusions, and&nbsp;Recommendations\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Results:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Begin by<br \/>\nrestating the research question and<br \/>\nhypotheses.&nbsp;Then,&nbsp;use&nbsp;Microsoft Excel\u2019s&nbsp;statistical<br \/>\nfunctions to obtain the descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode,&nbsp;and<br \/>\nstandard deviation) and the inferential&nbsp;statistics (one-sample<br \/>\nt-test).&nbsp;You will&nbsp;conduct a one-sample t-test to determine if the<br \/>\naverage response of&nbsp;the&nbsp;sample population you surveyed is<br \/>\nsignificantly greater or less than the&nbsp;hypothesized population<br \/>\nmean.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\nOne Sample T&nbsp;test&nbsp;Steps:<\/span><\/b><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Steps to<br \/>\ncalculating a&nbsp;one sample&nbsp;T test can be found in Module 6: Week 6 \u2013<br \/>\nData Preparation for Analysis.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A&nbsp;quick<br \/>\nway to calculate a T&nbsp;test:<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Create an&nbsp;Excel<br \/>\nspreadsheet with two columns.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The first column<br \/>\nshould have&nbsp;all of the responses from the survey except for the <br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>demographic data.&nbsp;For example,<br \/>\ntype your data into cells A1:A30.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Calculate the average<br \/>\nof your data in the first column.&nbsp; (This data will be used&nbsp;in <br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>step 4).<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Type the average<br \/>\ncalculated in step 3 into the second column. For example, type <br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>the average into cells B1:B30.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">5.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Enter the following<br \/>\nsyntax directly into an empty&nbsp;cell: =T.TEST then double <br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>click<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">6.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">After double clicking<br \/>\nyou will see T.TEST(array1,array2,tails,type).<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">7.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Here, array1 refers to<br \/>\nthe data&nbsp;in the first column&nbsp;(e.g.&nbsp;A1:A30), array2 <br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>is&nbsp;(B1:B30), tails refers to<br \/>\nwhether you want to run a one- or two&nbsp;tailed test (for <span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>this statistical test you are<br \/>\nrunning a two tailed test so&nbsp;number 2 is entered, <br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>indicating a two-tailed test;), and<br \/>\nthe type refers to: 1 = paired test 2 = two sample <br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>equal variance test 3 = two sample<br \/>\nunequal variance test.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in 6pt 0.75in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">8.<span style=\"font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Based on the given<br \/>\ndata set&nbsp;example, the&nbsp;formula&nbsp;should be <br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/span>=T.TEST(A1:A3,&nbsp;B2:B30,2,2)<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">After the<br \/>\nstatistical analysis&nbsp;of&nbsp;the descriptive statistics is<br \/>\ncompleted,&nbsp;you&nbsp;will summarize the data for each question by<br \/>\npresenting at least&nbsp;1&nbsp;form of&nbsp;central tendency&nbsp;(or<br \/>\naverage), that is, either the mean, median, or mode, and the<br \/>\nstandard&nbsp;deviation&nbsp;(e.g.,&nbsp;the mean age of the 32 participants<br \/>\nwas 40 to 60, SD = 4).<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\nDiscussion:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Lastly,<br \/>\nsummarize the inferential or t-test results by explaining if&nbsp;the<br \/>\nresearcher&nbsp;rejects or fails&nbsp;to&nbsp;reject the null hypotheses based<br \/>\non the&nbsp;\u201cp\u201d&nbsp;value (e.g., a one-sample t-test was conducted to<br \/>\ndetermine&nbsp;the p-value is p = 2.6, which is&nbsp;greater&nbsp;than<br \/>\n0.05.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Since the&nbsp;\u201cp\u201d&nbsp;value<br \/>\nis&nbsp;greater&nbsp;than&nbsp;0.05,&nbsp;we&nbsp;fail to&nbsp;reject the null<br \/>\nhypothesis that price increases had no effect on the&nbsp;sales of grills at Home<br \/>\nDepot).<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><br \/>\nRecommendations:<\/b><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">After<br \/>\nanalyzing the results, provide a summary of the key findings of the research<br \/>\nand formulate&nbsp;your&nbsp;recommendations to the leadership within the<br \/>\nselected company for resolving the issue.&nbsp;Make sure&nbsp;to highlight<br \/>\nspecific strategies for implementing the recommendation.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Incorporate<br \/>\nat least 3 scholarly or peer-reviewed&nbsp;resources.<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 6pt 0in; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Note: Your assignment will be checked<br \/>\nfor originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>quantitative marketing research report: results, discussion, and recommendations Assignment instructions Overview In today\u2019s fiercely competitive business environment, companies cannot afford to make decisions based on guesswork or assumptions. 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