The Market Research Toolbox
by Edward F. McQuarrie · Edward F. McQuarrie
McQuarrie surveys the main research techniques, including secondary data, customer visits, focus groups, surveys, experiments and choice modelling, and when each is appropriate. Aimed at managers who commission research, it helps readers match a business question to a method.
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