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Practical Marketing Research Techniques

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply marketing research methods to collect, analyze, and interpret business data effectively.

  • Design surveys, sampling plans, and questionnaires using research design principles.

  • Evaluate consumer insights and research findings to support data-driven marketing decisions.

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June 2026

Assessments

19 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Marketing Research and Analytics Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
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There are 5 modules in this course

Learn how to conduct effective marketing research, design surveys, analyze consumer insights, and support business decisions using practical research techniques. This course provides hands-on knowledge of questionnaire design, sampling methods, hypothesis testing, and data interpretation used in modern marketing environments.

The course begins with the foundations of marketing research, helping learners understand research types, ethical practices, researcher responsibilities, and the role of data-driven insights in organizational decision-making. Learners will build a strong understanding of how research supports marketing strategy and business growth. As the course progresses, learners explore the complete research process and design methodologies, including research classifications, research hurdles, and effective business analysis techniques. The course then focuses on questionnaire and survey design, teaching practical skills in scaling methods, rating scales, and structured data collection. Advanced modules cover probability and non-probability sampling, fieldwork organization, hypothesis testing, statistical errors, and critical region analysis. Learners will also apply research concepts through real-world case studies involving data interpretation, findings analysis, and actionable business recommendations. What makes this course unique is its practical, application-focused approach that combines marketing research theory with hands-on implementation and business problem-solving. By the end of the course, learners will be able to confidently conduct marketing research projects, analyze consumer data, interpret findings, and make evidence-based business decisions.

Learn the core principles of marketing research, research types, ethical practices, researcher roles, and data-driven business insights used in modern organizations.

What's included

9 videos4 assignments

9 videosβ€’Total 73 minutes
  • Syllabus Introductionβ€’6 minutes
  • Research basics Market Research vs Marketing Researchβ€’8 minutes
  • Uses of Researchβ€’9 minutes
  • Basic and Applied Researchβ€’10 minutes
  • Managers and Researchβ€’7 minutes
  • Types of Researchersβ€’11 minutes
  • External Researchersβ€’9 minutes
  • Limitations and ethicsβ€’10 minutes
  • Data warehousing and miningβ€’4 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Foundations of Marketing Researchβ€’30 minutes
  • Introduction to Marketing Researchβ€’10 minutes
  • Research Types and Rolesβ€’10 minutes
  • Ethics, Researchers, and Data Insightsβ€’10 minutes

Understand the stages of the marketing research process, research classifications, research hurdles, and research design methods for effective business analysis.

What's included

9 videos4 assignments

9 videosβ€’Total 66 minutes
  • Market Research Process and Stagesβ€’9 minutes
  • Stage 2 and 3 of Researchesβ€’7 minutes
  • Stage 4 of Research Processβ€’8 minutes
  • Stages 5 and 6 of Research Processβ€’5 minutes
  • Types of Researchβ€’11 minutes
  • Other types and Research Hurdlesβ€’9 minutes
  • Applications of market researchβ€’6 minutes
  • Classification of research designβ€’3 minutes
  • Broadlytypes of researchβ€’7 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Research Process and Designβ€’30 minutes
  • Understanding the Research Processβ€’10 minutes
  • Completing the Research Cycleβ€’10 minutes
  • Research Design Essentialsβ€’10 minutes

Develop practical skills in questionnaire creation, survey structure, scaling procedures, rating scales, and sampling fundamentals for reliable data collection.

What's included

9 videos4 assignments

9 videosβ€’Total 79 minutes
  • Research Problemβ€’7 minutes
  • Principles of questionnaire designβ€’9 minutes
  • Steps in survey instrumentsβ€’8 minutes
  • Flowerpot Approachβ€’11 minutes
  • Cover Letterβ€’10 minutes
  • Supplementary documents with surveyβ€’15 minutes
  • Scaling proceduresβ€’6 minutes
  • Rating Scalesβ€’6 minutes
  • Sampling basicsβ€’6 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Questionnaire and Survey Designβ€’30 minutes
  • Defining Research Problemsβ€’10 minutes
  • Survey Structure and Documentationβ€’10 minutes
  • Scaling and Sampling Methodsβ€’10 minutes

Explore probability and non-probability sampling, fieldwork organization, hypothesis testing concepts, statistical errors, and critical region analysis.

What's included

9 videos4 assignments

9 videosβ€’Total 69 minutes
  • Probability samplingβ€’10 minutes
  • Non probability samplingβ€’10 minutes
  • Design and Organise fieldworkβ€’10 minutes
  • Control Procedures on Fieldβ€’11 minutes
  • Hypothesis testing basicsβ€’5 minutes
  • Type 1 and type 2 errorsβ€’8 minutes
  • Seven steps to hypothesis testingβ€’5 minutes
  • Critical region analysisβ€’7 minutes
  • Case study introβ€’4 minutes
4 assignmentsβ€’Total 60 minutes
  • Sampling, Fieldwork, and Hypothesis Testingβ€’30 minutes
  • Sampling Techniques in Researchβ€’10 minutes
  • Fieldwork Control and Testing Basicsβ€’10 minutes
  • Advanced Hypothesis Testingβ€’10 minutes

Apply marketing research concepts through case studies, questionnaire evaluation, data interpretation, findings analysis, and business recommendations.

What's included

7 videos3 assignments

7 videosβ€’Total 46 minutes
  • Synopsis of nestle and cadburyβ€’5 minutes
  • The Research elementsβ€’7 minutes
  • Questionnaireβ€’7 minutes
  • Data analysisβ€’12 minutes
  • Findingsβ€’5 minutes
  • Suggestionsβ€’9 minutes
  • Syllabus Conclusionβ€’2 minutes
3 assignmentsβ€’Total 50 minutes
  • Marketing Research Case Study and Insightsβ€’30 minutes
  • Case Study Research Frameworkβ€’10 minutes
  • Data Interpretation and Final Insightsβ€’10 minutes

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