Archive for the ‘Consumer Buying Habits’ Category

Choices III

September 24, 2007

Choices III is a massive survey conducted by Simmons Media & Markets. It is a study of consumer buying and media viewing habits. Choices III provides a significant level of flexibility in finding patterns and cross-matchingdifferent survey elements.  Data is from their 2002 survey.

A tutorial is available at: http://www.lib.purdue.edu/cfsl/choices3/index.html

MediaMark Reporter

September 24, 2007

MediaMark is similar to Choices III and presents data on consumer buying and viewing habits.  It provides more prepackaged reports than Choices III.

A tutorial is available at: http://www.lib.purdue.edu/cfsl/mediamark/index.html

Consumer Expenditure Survey

September 24, 2007

The Consumer Expenditure Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics consists of two surveys collected for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Census Bureau — the quarterly Interview survey and the Diary survey — that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics.

Conducting market research

September 24, 2007

The Management & Economics Library has books on market research and questionnaire development:

Key business article databases

September 24, 2007

These databases are the primary sources of magazine and journal articles. Searching for articles matters within almost every topic area.

  • ABI/Inform Global: Find research on advertising, marketing, economics, human resources, finance, taxation, computers, and more.