RMD
RMD
RMD
Pingali : 1201048
Theory
Majority of consumers typically buy a single brand of beer, cola, or margarine even though relative prices vary significantly over time, and consumers often cannot distinguish their preferred brand in blind taste tests (Thumin 1962; Allison and Uhl 1964).
Coding
Happydent wave mint - a1, b2 Centrefruit watermelon - a2 b3 Centrefresh mint Centrefruit fruit flavor a3 b4 a4 b5
Research Framework
Internet
Sampling Techniques
Questionaire
Were you able to identify the brand of the gum ? * Yes No Which Brand is it ? * Happy Dent Happy Dent White Happy Dent Wave Happy Dent Mint Center Fresh Center Fruit Wrigley's Boomer Center Shock Center Fresh Green Apple Center Fresh Mint Center Fruit Watermelon Center Fresh Watermellon Center Fruit "Fruit Flavour" Center Fresh fruit Flavour
Favourite Brand
Which is your favorite brand of chewing gum ? *The brand which you prefer to buy . Happy Dent Happy Dent White Happy Dent Wave Happy Dent Mint Center Fresh Center Fruit Wrigley's Boomer Center Shock Center Fresh Green Apple Center Fresh Mint Center Fruit Watermelon Center Fresh Watermellon Center Fruit "Fruit Flavour" Center Fresh fruit Flavour
Results
Incor rect, 1
Incorrec t, 6 Correct, 6
Corre ct, 13
Centrefresh Centrefruit fruit flavor
Incorrect, 4 Incorrect ,8 Correct, 11 Correct, 10
Centrefruit watermelon
When do you usually take chewing gums? * After Meals Watching TV /Movies In Class Travelling After smoking In stress Other: How often do you like to have chewing gum ? More than 3 times a day Weekly Very Rarely Once in a day or two . Other: Package attractiveness affects my purchase decision towards chewing gum brands. * Yes No If yes ,Which packaging do you prefer ? Long strips Plastic wrapper . Paper wrapper . Tic - Tac
Frequency of Use
Where do you usually buy chewing gums? * Groceries Dispensaries News Stand /Pan wala. In return for change . Do you Smoke ? *This survey is anonymous , we are not considering your identity . Yes No Do not want to reveal . Do you think Chewing a gum is good for health ? * Yes No Don't know Do you check for expiry date before buying the gum ? * Yes No Don't care .
Once a Day
Very Rarely
Anytime
Travelling
Weekly
What is your preference regarding nutrients ? * Nutritionally-enhanced chewing gum Sugar Free Prefer the flavor above everything else . Oral Hygiene Do not care What would encourage you to have a new chewing gum ? * New flavor Attractive Pacakaging Functional benefits Suggested by peers . Other:
Preferred Brand
Male
Female
5 4 7 0 0 3 2 2 2 3
Boomer
Center Fresh
Wrigleys
HappyDent
CenterShock
Weekly
Once in a Day
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Observed chi square statistic = 8.86292208 Degrees of freedom = 9 Critical value = 16.9189776 (for 5% level of significance) Result: The null hypothesis was accepted with a 5% level of significance. Conclusion: Location of purchase is independent of the frequency of consumption.
Observed chi square statistic = 37.5217308 Degrees of freedom = 33 Critical value = 47.3998838 (for 5% level of significance) Result: The null hypothesis was accepted with a 5% level of significance. Conclusion: Location of purchase is independent of favourite brand
Conclusion
Only 7 out of 40 respondents were able to identify the brand and variant correctly. Only 27 out of 40 respondents could recognise the brand but not the variant correctly. Only 30 out of 40 respondents are satisfied with the brand they are given despite of knowing which brand it is Only 28 out of 40 respondents are satisfied with the brand of their choice, the rest are not . Approximately 25% of the respondents purchase chewing in exchange of change in the grocery shop irrespective of the brand. 40% of the sample population prefer to consume chewing gum for oral hygiene i.e. Happydent etc. Most preferred packaging was of Long Strips .
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