Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Approaches of primary data collection.

 Primary data collection is not a easy task . Secondary data can be collected for easily than primary data.  Primary data  collection has four approaches . These're-

1. Research approaches;

2. Contact methods;

3. The sampling plans;

4. Research instruments.

Now ,I'm going to discuss all of this approaches.

Research approaches:   Gathering information through research approaches include three ways are observations ,surveys  & experiments. Now discuss this each one in turn.

 1. Observational research: It involves  gathering primary data by observing relevant people , actions & situations. Researchers observe consumer behavior to gain customer insights.

2. Survey  research:  Survey research is gathering primary data by asking people questions about their knowledge ,attitudes, preferences & buying behavior. This research has a advantage that  is flexibility.

3. Experimental research:  Experimental research is gathering primary data by selecting matched groups of subjects , giving them different treatments ,controlling related factors & checking for differences in group responses. This research tries to explain cause & effect relationships.

Contact methods:


Mail, Telephone & Personal Interviewing:
Information can be collected by mail, telephone ,personal interview or online.This ways are very low cost way. Respondents give information honestly.


Focus group interviewing:   Here 6 to 10 people meet with a trained moderator to talk about a product ,service or organization. Moderator encourages participants to talk freely.Moderator  observe facial expressions , body movement, group interplay & conversation flows.

Online marketing research:  It is "collecting primary data online through internet surveys ,online focus groups , web based experiments or tacking consumers online behavior".

Sampling plan:

Sampling plan is" a segment of the population  selected for marketing research to represent the population as a whole". Through this research make accurate estimates of the thoughts & behaviors of the larger population.


This plan requires three decisions  are-

∆ What sampling unit?
∆ What sample size?
∆  What sampling procedure?

 Research Instruments:

 It has also two main instruments: questionnaires & mechanical devices.

1. Questionnaires:  It is a most common & flexible instruments & there are many ways to asked questions. Closed- end question include all the possible answers & subjects make choices among them like multiple choice questions & scale questions.
Open end questions allow  to answer in their own words.
 Researchers should use easy, direct & unbiashed question wording & they arranged in a logical order.

Mechanical devices:  Researchers also use mechanical devices to monitor consumer behavior . Some researchers use Neuro marketing  that measure the brain activity . Marketing scientists use MRL Scans & EEG devices that tracking brain electrical activity & Blood flow that provide marketers what happenings into consumers insights.

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