Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor/Lecturer
Dr. Jun Yao
Contact via Email
E4A 653
Friday 3:00pm to 4:00pm or by appointment
Tutor
Alex Belli
Contact via Email
E4B Tutors' Room
Wednesday 5:00pm to 6:00pm or by appointment
Tutor
Jennifer Lai
Contact via Email
E4B Tutors' Room
Wednesday 11:00am to 12:00pm or by appointment
Tutor
Trisha Koslow
Contact via Email
E4B Tutors' Room
Friday 11:00am to 12:00pm or by appointment
Tutor
Pingtzir Sam
Contact via Email
E4B Tutors' Room
Friday 4:00pm to 5:00pm or by appointment
Tutor
Muhammad Alam
Contact via Email
E4B Tutors' Room
Wednesday 4:00pm to 5:00pm or by appointment
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
MKTG101
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
The aim of this unit is to equip students with marketing research knowledge and skills. This unit reviews quantitative research techniques and introduces qualitative methods, as well as new and emerging research methods. The unit concentrates on the application of primary research techniques to problems confronting organisations in strategic and operational situations. While the emphasis is on applications, students will be expected to be able to evaluate different techniques and to be able to select appropriate methodologies that will produce relevant information for decision making. Thus, the focus is on placing research methodology into a marketing decision making context. In particular, the unit will develop graduate capabilities in problem solving and research operating.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Group Project | 40% | No | Week 4, Week 7 and Week 13 |
Class test | 10% | No | Week 8 |
PeerWise Quiz Game | 10% | No | Week 12 |
Final Examination | 40% | No | University Examination Period |
Due: Week 4, Week 7 and Week 13
Weighting: 40%
This assessment is for group of 4 to 5 students.
Submission
A Marketing Research project to be conducted and submitted through iLearn in three parts:
Please note: Submit your reports through the Turnitin link on iLearn, no hard copies or soft copies via email, will be accepted. The documents MUST be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format, submissions in other formats will NOT be marked.
Important note on Late Submission
No transfer of marks from these assessments to the final exam.
Due: Week 8
Weighting: 10%
In-class online quiz (Week 8), in tutorial period (10%). The quiz is in the format of MCQs and covers topics studied in weeks 1 to 7 inclusive.
Late Submission
No extensions or postponements will be granted. Students who have not completed the task prior to the deadline will be awarded a mark of 0 for the quiz, except for cases in which an application for Disruption of Studies is made beforehand and approved.
No transfer of marks from this assessment to the final exam.
Due: Week 12
Weighting: 10%
PeerWise is a place for students to create, share and evaluate assessment questions with their classmates. This service is external to iLearn, and requires a separate log-in procedure.
10 marks are awarded for contribution to the PeerWise service by writing, answering, commenting, rating questions that are related with the theories and practices in marketing research. Students earn "badges" their contributions in PeerWise, and marks are awarded for the variety of badges earned. More details are provided on the unit website.
Irrelevant or inappropriate questions and comments will be deleted.
Due by 11:59pm Friday of Week 12
Late Submission
Peerwise is an ongoing activity throughout the semester. Disruption to study, extensions and late submission do not make sense in this context. Students who have not participated in the PeerWise task by the deadline will be awarded a mark of 0 for the task.
No transfer of marks from these assessment tasks to the final exam.
Due: University Examination Period
Weighting: 40%
A combination of Short-Answer and MCQ designed to test your understanding and application of all parts of the unit. More information on the final examination will be provided in Week 13.
Prescribed text:
D’Alessandro, Lowe, Winzar, Zikmund, Babin (2017) Marketing Research: 4th Asia-Pacific Edition with Student Resource Access. Cengage: ISBN 9780170369824
Recommended texts:
Kirkpatrick & Feeney (2016) A Simple Guide to IBM SPSS Statistics - version 23.0. Cengage: ISBN 9781305877719
Allen, Bennett, and Heritage. (2014), SPSS Statistics Version 22- A Practical Guide, 3ed. Cengage: ISBN-10: 0-17-034897-0
Emerson, L. (2013), Writing Guidelines for Business Students, 5ed. Cengage: ISBN-10: 0-17-021638-1
These texts can be purchased from the Macquarie University Co-op Bookshop.
They are also available in the Macquarie Library.
Unit Web Page
This unit is taught using lectures and tutorials.
Students are expected to read in advance of lectures, and participate in all lecture presentations. There is also an applied marketing research project assisting students to apply concepts introduced in course to the marketing environment. This will be introduced within the lecture presentations.
The unit website, iLearn, is divided into weekly sections. Students will need to pass a mini-quiz based on previous weeks' content in order to progress to the next week's section. The mini-quizes do not count towards a grade, but require students to keep up.
Week |
Topic |
Reading |
Notes/tutorial activities |
1 |
Course Introduction Marketing Research |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch. 1 |
No tutorials this week, tutorials commence in Week 2. |
2 |
Problem Definition and Research Process |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch. 2 |
Introduction and group formation. |
3 |
Qualitative Research Secondary Research |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch. 3, 4 |
Define marketing research problem. |
4 |
Survey Research Observation |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch. 5, 6 |
Interview and focus group. Individual Task: Progress Report A - Qualitative Research Summary due in iLearn: 11:59pm Friday 25 August. |
5 |
Measurement and Scaling |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch. 8 |
Survey research methods. Print and bring your Progress Report A to tutorial for feedback. |
6 |
Questionnaire Design Sampling Technique |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch. 9, 10 |
Linking research questions and hypotheses with measurement. |
7 |
Causal Research and Experiment |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch.7 |
Sampling techniques. Group Task: Progress Report B - Quantitative Research Proposal is due in iLearn: 11:59pm Friday 15 September. |
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Mid Session Break |
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8 |
Data Editing and Coding |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch.11 |
In-Class Quiz in tutorials: 2-6 October. Peer Evaluation for Progress B is due by 11:59pm Tuesday 3 October. |
9 |
Data Analysis Part I: Univariate Analysis |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch.12 |
Online questionnaire design using Qualtrics. Print and bring your Progress Report B to tutorial class for feedback. |
10 |
Data Analysis Part II: Bivariate Analysis - Test of Difference |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch.13 |
Summarising data with SPSS (data cleaning and coding before analysis). Cross-tabulation and Chi-square test. |
11 |
Data Analysis Part III: Bivariate Analysis - Test of Association |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch.14 |
Hypothesis testing related to difference: t-test and ANOVA. |
12 |
Data Analysis Part IV: Multivariate Analysis Report Presentation |
Zikmund et al., 2017 Ch.15, 16 |
Hypothesis testing related to association: correlation and regression. PeerWise activities close 11:59pm Friday 3 November. |
13 |
Examination Review and Preparation |
Zikmund et al., 2017 All chapters |
Exam preparation Q&A Group Project- Final Research Report due in iLearn: 11:59pm Friday 10 November. Peer Evaluation for Final Report is due by 11:59pm Tuesday 14 November. |
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Date | Description |
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08/08/2017 | Muhammad Alam‘s email address has been updated by using his staff email address. |
03/08/2017 | Teaching staff update. |