Contemporary Marketing (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305075368
Author: Louis E. Boone, David L. Kurtz
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 10, Problem 2CTE
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To Discuss: The data obtained from mystery shoppers in a chain of electronics store.
Introduction: Primary data implies the direct information accumulated by the analyst himself or herself. Secondary data implies the data that has been gathered already by another person.
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