If a market researcher asks questions like 'do you agree or disagree with a whole series of statements along the lines of: I like the outdoor life......... I am not the party-going type...' etc., then the research is employing:
Contemporary Lifestyle Research
demographics
Traditional Lifestyle Research
geodemographics
Geodemographics is NOT:
A combination of social grade with geography
based on the Census
based on the proposition that ‘birds of a feather flock together’ in terms of local neighbourhood
used to profile potential catchment areas for location new branches of retail outlets
The combination of transactional data and profile data is referred to as:
Autobiographics
Life style
Biographics
Geodemographics
Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of Geodemographics
A major source of geodemographic data is the Census which is conducted every ten years in UK and therefore the data can ‘date’ quickly
Most Geodemographic groupings are ‘generic’ in nature and the raw data is not analysed for individual clients
Geodemographics provide profiles of neighbourhoods and explanations of customer behaviour are therefore inferential
Geodemographics are base on the premise that ‘birds of a feather flock together’.
A major database that links postcode with full name and address is