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71) Suppose Apple has collected extensive survey data about its new iPhone, and respondents have rated it on twenty different features and benefits. Now researchers want to reduce the amount of data to a few underlying dimensions. Which data analysis technique should the researchers use?

A) analogy

B) conjoint analysis

C) factor analysis

D) multidimensional scaling

E) cluster analysis

72) One study of adult involvement in household tasks revealed greater similarities between the United Kingdom and the United States compared with France, Belgium, and French Canada. Thus, the United States and United Kingdom were “twins” based on common language. This study is an example of:

A) market latency.

B) conjoint analysis.

C) factor analysis.

D) multidimensional scaling.

E) cluster analysis.

73) When consumers have difficulty in verbalizing their perceptions, and there are different alternative brands of toothpaste, what is the best method of judging them in terms of similarity?

A) cluster analysis

B) MDS

C) dependence techniques

D) factor loading

E) focus group

74) Campbell is the world’s largest soup company, commanding about 80% of the U.S. canned soup market. However, the company has a presence in only 6% of the world’s soup markets. Russians eat 32 billion servings of soup each year, and the Chinese consume 300 billion! By contrast, Americans eat 15 billion servings each year. Sensing a huge opportunity, Campbell has dispatched teams to observe Russian and Chines habits. This type of interpretation and decision is based on:

A) demand pattern analysis.

B) income elastic analysis.

C) time series displacement.

D) polycentrism.

E) comparative analysis.

75) A market researcher who uses multidimensional scaling (MDS) will:

A) attempt to estimate market size by analogy.

B) ask respondents to rate a particular product or brand in terms of multiple characteristics or attributes.

C) ask respondents to evaluate product or brand pairs in terms of similarity.

D) attempt to determine the combination of product features that create the greatest utility for consumers.

E) conduct a focus group.

76) In India, only about 10% of men who shave use Gillette razors. Worldwide, 50% of male shavers use Gillette products. To achieve greater penetration in India, Gillette rolled out a no-frills brand that costs 15 rupees—about 34 cents. The Gillette Guard has a lighter handle that is cheaper to produce. It also lacks the lubrication strip found in Gillette’s more expensive razors, and replacement blades cost only 5 rupees (11 cents). This use of data and process are described as:

A) demand pattern analysis.

B) income elastic analysis.

C) factor analysis.

D) market estimation by analogy.

E) multidimensional scaling.

77) According to David Arnold, there are four possible approaches to forecasting by analogy, which does not include which of the following?

A) Data is available on a comparable product in the same country.

B) Data is available on the same product in a comparable country.

C) Data is available on the same product from a dependent distributor in a neighboring country.

D) Data is available about a comparable company in the same country.

E) Data is available on the same product in every country.

78) Which of the following is true about etic and emic approaches to country analysis?

A) The etic and emic approaches are identical.

B) An emic approach studies a culture from within; etic analysis is “from the outside.”

C) An emic approach studies a culture “from the outside”; etic analysis studies a culture from within.

D) The emic/etic distinction is not useful in cultural studies.

E) The emic/etic approaches cannot be applied to Asian countries.

79) A market research study of soft drink consumption and distribution in Hungary commissioned by an American company indicated that soft drinks were available in drugstores. However, Western-style drugstores do not exist in Hungary. This illustrates an important issue in global marketing research, namely:

A) inflated data.

B) using convenience samples.

C) market estimation by analogy.

D) comparability of data.

E) using multiple dimensional scaling.

80) Whirlpool conducts usability studies that provide insight into the ways consumers interact with its products. In one study in an emerging market, engineers and designers stood behind a two-way mirror and watched as a volunteer put groceries away in a Kenmore Elite refrigerator. The Whirlpool team recorded a variety of data, such as the amount of time required for the volunteer to finish the task and the number of features used. The basis of this research study was based on the fact that:

A) listening to customers is only possible in America.

B) data collected in the United States should be applicable in other countries.

C) consumers in different countries prefer different types of features.

D) in China, it will be difficult to find enough space in homes to put a refrigerator.

E) in India, refrigerators are seldom used by customers.

 

 

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