The First Step in the Marketing Research Process Is To

question 206

Multiple Choice

The first step in the marketing research process is to:

• A) specify the sampling plan
• B) collect the data
• C) analyze the marketplace
• D) plan the research design
• E) identify and formulate the problem/opportunity to be studied

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