D374 Market Research sample papers, task by task

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D374 teaches marketers to find out why something is happening before deciding what to do about it. The samples plan research into a composite neighborhood bakery cafe's falling sales and design the survey and focus group that will answer it.

How this shelf works

Send the exact assignment or rubric from your course of study and a custom sample written to it lands in 24 to 48 hours, the first one free. D374 is WGU’s Market Research course. It centers on how marketers define research problems, choose qualitative and quantitative methods and design instruments that produce usable answers. Searches like "d374 task 2 assignment example", "D374 sample paper", and "D374 task samples" land on this page.

What D374 is really about

Market Research covers defining management and research problems, exploratory, descriptive and causal research designs, secondary and primary data, qualitative methods such as focus groups and interviews, survey design and sampling, and how research findings inform marketing decisions.

Both of its performance tasks work from one small business whose sales are sliding. The first is a research plan that defines the problem and objectives and chooses methods; the second designs research instruments, such as a survey and focus group guide, and explains how they will be used. Strong submissions keep every question tied to a research objective. The bakery cafe on this shelf is invented for teaching; the research methods are standard and real.

What D374’s tasks ask for

Across D374's two tasks, you are generally asked to define the business problem and research objectives, choose qualitative and quantitative methods with reasons, and design survey questions and a focus group guide that address the objectives, including sampling.

Why D374 tasks come back for revision

Research tasks are often returned when the research problem is confused with the business problem, when methods are chosen without explaining why, or when survey questions are leading, double-barreled or unrelated to the objectives. Evaluators also check that the sample described can actually answer the question, for example that former customers are included when the question is why customers stopped coming.

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Task 1

D374 Task 1 market research plan example

A research problem, objectives and methods are defined. On request, free, 24-48h.

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Task 2

D374 Task 2 survey and focus group design example

Research instruments are designed to meet the objectives. On request, free, 24-48h.

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How these samples are written

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D374 questions, answered

What is a double-barreled question in D374?

A question that asks about two things at once, such as price and quality, so answers cannot be interpreted.

When is a focus group better in D374?

When exploring why people feel or behave as they do, before measuring how many do.

Is the D374 cafe real?

It is invented for the sample.