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ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (RMIT) UNIVERSITY

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS (MARKETING)

MARKET RESEARCH
(MKTG 1047)

GROUP ASSIGNMENT PART B

PREPARED FOR:

DR ANGELA R. DOBELE

DR SHEH SEOW WAH

COURSE LECTURER

PREPARED BY:

(CLASS A)

MS. AMANDA SEOW SUE-ANN S3254159

MR. CHAN JIN HAN GLENN BRYAN S3253872

MS. ESTHER LEONG QIAN HUI S3254114

MS. PENG SHIHAN S3254090

MS. TAN JIN LENE EARLENE S3253869

SEMESTER 3, 2010

12th SEPTEMBER 2010

Executive Summary

With the uprising of technological advancement and science, it has come to a point where traditional customs could be threatened. In this case, e-books are one of the options that may replace traditional printed textbooks in the near future. With e-books easier to access and to select the contents to suit individual needs and libraries taking advantage of space-saving benefits of new media, the move to replace printed titles with electronic content seems, for some, an inevitable trend.

The objective of this research is to determine the main aspects that will affect the future of using traditional printed textbooks versus electronic textbook from our respondents’ perspective. This study will also determine the main factors as well as to compare the various aspects of using traditional printed textbooks versus electronic textbooks and which of the two is more of a preferred choice amongst students in the local tertiary versus those in private tertiary education.

Our research methodology includes collecting primary and secondary data. Our primary research was done in the form of an online survey done by a representative sample of 120 tertiary students and a focus group discussion of 10 respondents. Our secondary research data analysis included data collection from e-journals, websites, comments from blogs, forums and opinions from reviews.

Several limitations were observed during the initial research of the primary data which may affect our final


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