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The Learning Academy provides tutoring for children who are having trouble mastering some skill in school - whether it is math,reading,studying or something else.It wants to monitor and determine the strengths and weaknesses of The Learning Academy's curriculum.Which of the following types of research should The Learning Academy use to realize this objective?


A) Complaint solicitation
B) Critical incidents studies
C) Relationship surveys
D) Key client studies
E) Trailer calls

F) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

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Even though she was not moving,Katherine dropped her membership at a local church.She received a call from one of the church's representatives wanting to know why she had quit.She was asked to describe the moment in which she decided she no longer wanted to be a member of the church.What type of research is being conducted in this example?

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In the first stage in the service marketing research process,the researcher:


A) Implements the research program
B) Reports his or her findings
C) Defines the problem and research objectives
D) Collects and tabulates data
E) Develops a services measurement strategy

F) All of the above
G) A) and D)

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To be effective,complaint solicitation requires:


A) The same complaint be mentioned at least ten times before any action is taken
B) An individual complainer to have no more than one complaint
C) The company to treat the complaint as a snapshot of its service
D) Valid and reliable service questions
E) Rigorous recording of numbers and types of complaints through many channels

F) A) and D)
G) None of the above

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An important trend in services research is to measure only the negative consequences of service quality and ignore the positive because it does not need improvement.

A) True
B) False

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A services research program can be defined as the composite of separate research studies and types needed to address research objectives and execute an overall measurement strategy.

A) True
B) False

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Discuss conducting marketing research for a national car rental company.

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The Canfields want to landscape their 15-acre yard.The couple plans a herb garden in back that will lead to an English cottage garden.In the west side yard,they are planning on a Japanese garden and a rose garden will be located in the east side yard.They have hired a landscaper to draw the design and to do the actual planning.The Canfields want input on the landscaping.They have asked the landscaper to set up several points where they can give their inputs,correct anything they do not like and make changes before the plan is finalized.Most landscapers would be bothered with this seeming interference,but the landscaper the Canfields chose has used this method for years as a way to measure his company's customer service performance.The landscaper is using a method of gathering customer information most similar to which of the following methods?


A) Trailer calls
B) Market-oriented ethnography
C) Process checkpoint evaluations
D) Requirements research
E) Critical incidents studies

F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Which of the following types of research is unique to services?


A) Trailer calls
B) Market-oriented ethnography
C) Mystery shopping
D) Database marketing research
E) Critical incident studies

F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

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The data have been gathered.It is now time to analyze these data and interpret them.What is the primary goal of this part of the marketing research process?

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What kind of a research technique is SERVQUAL?

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Research used to track overall service quality that will be used for bonuses and salary increases of salespeople should have statistical validity.

A) True
B) False

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Benford Bank hired marketing researchers when it noticed many people who had savings accounts with the bank did not have checking accounts and credit cards with it.The first task of the market researchers was to learn if the bank wanted to know how its customers perceived the bank as a service provider,if it were more interested in what customers thought was superior about its savings account,if the bank thought some customer expectations were not being met or if what the bank really wanted to know was how it could change its service to better meet customer expectations.The first thing the research company did was to:


A) Help Benford Bank define the problem and establish research objectives
B) Determine with the bank's help who should be surveyed
C) Use data mining to see if there were any connections between customers who used all three services and those who used only one of the services the bank offered
D) Determine what research methodology it would use
E) Decide how data analysis techniques

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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SERVQUAL is a type of requirements research.

A) True
B) False

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Importance/performance matrices typically combine information about customer perceptions of service encounters with a company with how the company rates in each of the five service dimensions.

A) True
B) False

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One benefit of _____ is that it identifies failure points and common problems in the service and can help establish an early-warning system for future defectors.


A) Failure ethnography
B) A survey of buyers' intentions
C) Focus groups
D) Lost customer research
E) Future expectations research

F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

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The University of Leeds in the U.K.released findings of its study of television viewing behaviors.Seventeen families had permission for cameras with sound to be placed in the main living areas of their homes for two three-week periods over two years to watch them watch television.The University of Leeds used _____ to determine that people who have specifically chosen to watch a program are more likely to remain present for the commercial breaks within it.


A) Multicultural surveys
B) Market-oriented ethnography
C) Process checkpoint evaluations
D) Requirements research
E) Diversity studies

F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

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The University of Central Florida's Incentive/Efficiency Program encourages employees to submit tangible ideas or suggestions that will result in savings or generate additional revenue for the University of Central Florida.The person who suggests an adopted proposal receives a cash reward equal to 10 percent of the first year's net savings or generated revenues.The University of Central Florida's Incentive/Efficiency Program is designed to achieve which of the following research objectives?


A) Gain first-hand knowledge about customers
B) Improve internal service quality
C) Gain first-hand knowledge of employees
D) Obtain ideas for service improvement
E) Gain first-hand knowledge about competitors

F) A) and E)
G) A) and C)

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A week after Kim cancelled her First USA MasterCard,she received a survey in the mail asking questions about First USA's service quality,its performance versus other credit card companies,her level of satisfaction with different dimensions of First USA's service and her reasons for canceling her account.Which of the following types of research did First USA conduct?


A) Complaint solicitation
B) Critical incidents studies
C) Relationship survey
D) Trailer calls
E) Lost customer research

F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

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Describe the form of service research known as mystery shopping and discuss its potential benefits to service organizations.

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