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Directiоns: Reаd eаch оf the fоllowing pаssages and complete and choose the correct answer. Gathering Data in Foreign Countries Conducting market research around the world is big business for U.S. firms. Among the top 50 U.S. research firms, over 40 percent of revenues come from projects outside the United States. However, market conditions and consumer preferences vary widely in different parts of the world, and there are big differences in the sophistication of market research operations and the amount of data available to global marketers. For these reasons, choosing an appropriate data collection method is difficult. In some countries many people may not have phones, or low literacy rates may interfere with mail surveys. Local customs can be a problem as well. Offering money for interviews is rude in Latin American countries. Saudi Arabia bans gatherings of four or more people except for family or religious events, and it’s illegal to stop strangers on the street or knock on the door of someone’s house! Cultural differences also affect responses to survey items. Both Danish and British consumers, for example, agree that it is important to eat breakfast, but the Danish sample may be thinking of fruit and yogurt whereas the British sample is thinking of toast and tea. Sometimes these problems can be overcome by involving local researchers in decisions about the research design, but even so, care must be taken to ensure that they fully understand the study’s objectives and can relate what they find to the culture of the sponsoring company. Another problem with conducting marketing research in global markets is language. It is not uncommon for researchers to mistranslate questionnaires or for entire subcultures within a country to be excluded from research. For example, there are still large areas in Mexico where native Indian tribes speak languages other than Spanish, so researchers may bypass these groups in surveys. To overcome these difficulties, researchers use a process called back-translation, which requires two steps. First, a questionnaire is translated into the second language by a native speaker of that language. Second, this new version is translated back into the original language to ensure that the correct meanings survive the process. Even with precautions such as these, however, researchers must interpret data obtained from other cultures with care. If you were to outline the above reading selection, what would be the main point and major points listed in your outline?