market researchern.
/ˌmɑːkɪt rᵻˈsəːtʃə/, /ˌmɑːkɪt ˈriːsəːtʃə/, U.S. /ˈˌmɑrkət ˈrisərtʃər/, /ˈˌmɑrkət rəˈsərtʃər/ A person engaged or employed in market research.
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the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > research > [noun] > into markets or marketing > one who carries out
market researcher1938
marketing researcher1963
1938 Rev. Econ. Stud. 5 138 The market researcher will have to try to see each different group of buyers in their relation to the various social institutions or unorganised influences which are of significance.
1969 J. Argenti Managem. Techniques 157 Market Researchers rely heavily on the analysis of statistics—a notoriously difficult subject—and on answers to questionnaires—also notoriously unreliable.
1975 Country Life 2 Jan. 51/2 Editors have been convinced by accountants, market-researchers and computers that stories don't help to sell their products.
1998 New Yorker 23 Feb. 117 Companies now had..a kind of market researcher who went looking for the adolescent styles in the streets and then passed them along to the suits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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