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OF
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
ON
Consumer perception and preference
towards DTH players in India.
Submitted To:-
Submitted By:-
Review of Literature
Needs of study
Objectives of study
Research Methodology
Data Analysis
Findings
Bibliography
Annexure
• Questionnaire
• Bar graphs
INTRODUCTION
Direct to home (DTH) television is a wireless system for delivering television
programs directly to the viewer's house. In DTH television, the broadcast signals
are transmitted from satellites orbiting the Earth to the viewer's house. Each
satellite is located approximately 35,700 km above the Earth in geosynchronous
orbit. These satellites receive the signals from the broadcast stations located on
Earth and rebroadcast them to the Earth. The viewer's dish picks up the signal from
the satellite and passes it on to the receiver located inside the viewer's house. The
receiver processes the signal and passes it on to the television. The DTH provides
more than 200 television channels with excellent quality of reception along with
teleshopping, fax and internet facilities. DTH television is used in millions of
homes across United States, Europe and South East Asia.
India has also witness this change, India has about 130 million TV homes of
which, Cable & Satellite (C&S) services are present in 97 million (74%) of the
homes. The DTH market in India comprises 11% of the total market with almost
15 million homes. The DTH industry growth lagged to 10.3% in 2008 from 16.7%
a year earlier. But industry players agree that the digitization drive is expanding by
35-40% annually. However, industry estimates DTH to touch 35-40 million
subscribers by 2012, and that’s the number that every DTH brand has set its sights
on. By 2015, DTH will enjoy a market share of 40%, digital cable 40% and analog
cable will follow with only 20% market share. The DTH service market in India
has emerged as one of the most lucrative markets which have successfully resisted
the impacts of the current economic slowdown. The slowdown has certainly
proved a boon for the Indian DTH industry as people have now started to cut on
their entertainment expenditure and instead of viewing movies at theatres, they are
preferring to stay at home with their television sets.
FORECASTING
The industry is anticipated to add nearly 5 Lake subscribers per month during 2009
and the numbers are forecasted to surge further at around 30% through 2012.So
apart from Tata Sky, Dish TV, Airtel Digital and Reliance BIG, southern
heavyweight Sun TV has entered the fray with Direct, while Videocon has entered
the market in June 2009. Still, as DTH is still a relatively new category and most
people were hesitant to experiment with it. While Indian consumers were not
completely satisfied with their cable services, they did not feel the need to switch
over to any other means of entertainment. It was therefore imperative for
companies such as Tata Sky, Dish TV, and Reliance BIG TV to educate the
consumers about the advantages of the service and in turn create an urge to invest
in it.
REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Needs of study
The primary purpose or need of the research is to gain an insight on taste and
preferences of consumer towards DTH. Through our research we have tried to
locate the specific factors which the consumer considers while going for a DTH
service. Our aim is also to determining the quality of service that are provided and
to know an insight of the consumer choices.
Objectives of study
2. To analyze the factors (i.e. Price, Signal, Channels, Picture quality) that
influence a customer to go for a particular DTH service provider.
Research Methodology
This section describes the design of the research methodology
and aims to improve assurance that appropriate procedures were
followed. This research seeks to examine the perception of the
consumers about DTH service in India.
HYPOTHESIS FORMULATION
Alternative: -
H1 -consumer perception towards DTH service is dependent of
age.
H1- consumer perception towards DTH service is dependent of
gender.
H1- consumer perception towards DTH service is independent of
income.
H1- All the income groups have different perception towards DTH.
H1- All DTH service provider have unequal marker share.
Research Design
The research design of the term paper is a type of descriptive
research particularly cross-sectional design has been used
here. It involves the collection of information from any given
sample of population elements only once. This is because the
research looks to identify the factors underlying consumer’s
perception about DTH service in India.
UNIVERSE
Total of items about which information is desired aggregate of elementary units
possess at least one common characteristic- real or hypothetical. In this study the
population is the people who live in Jalandhar.
TARGET POPULATION
Target population refers to the group of individual which researchers are interested
in generalizing the conclusions. The target population usually has varying
characteristics and it is also known as the theoretical population. In this study the
target populations are consumer who uses DTH service in Jalandhar.
SAMPLING ELEMENT
SAMPLE SIZE
Sampling size refers to the number of items to be selected from the population to
constitute a sample. This is the biggest problem for the researcher. The size of the
sample should neither be large nor too small; it should be optimum to gather the
accurate results.
In our research the sample size of the respondents is 100.
SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
Convenient sampling methods were used to collect the data as the questionnaires
are distributed. Convenience sampling (sometimes known as grab or
opportunity sampling) is a type of non-probability sampling which involves the
sample being drawn from that part of the population which is close to hand. That
is, a sample population selected because it is readily available and convenient
The data collected was analyzed with the help of following tools;
a) Mean
b) Median
c) Mode
d) Standard deviation
e) Correlation
The SPSS software i.e. Statistical Packages for Social Sciences
have played a key role in the analysis of data.
DATA ANALYSIS
FACTOR ANALYSIS
Comp Initial Eigenvaluesa Extraction Sums of Squared Loadings Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings
onent Total % of Variance Cumulative % Total % of Variance Cumulative % Total % of Variance Cumulative %
Raw 1 2.416 39.231 39.231 2.416 39.231 39.231 2.198 35.691 35.691
Rescaled 1 2.416 39.231 39.231 2.198 36.632 36.632 1.932 32.195 32.195
a. When analyzing a covariance matrix, the initial eigen values are the same across the raw and rescaled
solution.
Rotated Component Matrixa
Raw Rescaled
Interpretation of
Component Component
output
1 2 1 2
The output of factor analysis is
Brand name .157 .859 .152 .830
obtained by requesting principal
Quality .485 .231 .553 .264
component analysis and
Price -.032 .351 -.034 .371
specifying the rotation. There
Easy availability .980 .080 .867 .070
are two stages in factor
Good signal .947 .007 .876 .006
analysis. Stage one being the
Picture quality .284 .613 .287 .619
factor extraction process,
Extraction Method: Principal Component Analysis. wherein the objective is to
Rotation Method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization.
Identify how many factor are to
be executed from the data. The
most popular method for this is called principal component analysis. There is also
a rule-of-thumb based on the computation of an Eigen value, to determine how
many factors to extract. The higher the Eigen value of a factor, the higher is the
amount of variance explained by the factor.
As evidence from table 1 (looking at cumulative percentage column), we
find that the two factors extracted together accounts for 56.732 % of total variance
(information contained in the original 6 variables). Hence we have reduced the
number of variables from 6 to 2 underline factors.
Looking at table 2 we see that the variables, easy availability and good signal have
loadings of 0.980 and 0.947.This suggest that the factor 1 is combination of 2
variables. Therefore this factor can be interpreted as customer oriented.
Now for factor 2 in table 2 we see that only brand name as value more than 0.7 i.e.
0.859 so it will cover all the factors and will be considered individually.
Symmetric Measures
Value Asymp.
Std. Approx Approx.
a
Error . Tb Sig.
Interval by Pearson's R -.006 .115
-.060 .952c
Interval
Ordinal by Spearman
Chi-Square Tests .123 .101
1.219 .226c
Ordinal
AGE Correlation
N of Valid Cases 98
a. Not assuming the null Asymp.
hypothesis. Sig. (2-
Value
b. Using the asymptotic Df error sided)
standard assuming the null
hypothesis.
Pearson Chi- 4.239
c. Based on normal 420 .437
Square E2a
approximation.
Likelihood Ratio 220.6
420 1.000
12
Linear-by-Linear HYPOTHESIS
.004 1 .952
Association
N of Valid Cases 98
a. 462 cells (100.0%) have expected
count less than 5. The minimum
expected count is .01.
Null hypothesis (ho) consumer perception towards DTH service
is independent of age.
Alternate hypothesis (h1) consumer perception towards DTH
service is dependent of age.
INTERPRETATION OF OUTPUT
Gender
Chi-Square Tests
Asymp.
Sig. (2-
Value Df sided)
Pearson Chi- 22.49
20 .314
Square 7a
Likelihood Ratio 26.65
20 .145
0
Linear-by-Linear
1.460 1 .227
Association
N of Valid Cases 98
a. 38 cells (90.5%) have expected count
less than 5. The minimum expected
count is .32.
Symmetric Measures
Asymp.
Std. Approx Approx.
a
Value Error . Tb Sig.
Interval by Pearson's R
.123 .101 1.211 .229c
Interval
Ordinal by Spearman
.069 .101 .676 .501c
Ordinal Correlation
N of Valid Cases 98
a. Not assuming the null
hypothesis.
b. Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null
hypothesis.
c. Based on normal
approximation.
HYPOTHESIS
Null hypothesis (ho) consumer perception towards DTH service
is independent of gender.
Alternate hypothesis (h1) consumer perception towards DTH
service is dependent of gender.
INTERPRETATION OF OUTPUT
Income
Chi-Square Tests
Asymp.
Sig. (2-
Value df sided)
Pearson Chi- 51.09
40 .112
Square 6a
Likelihood Ratio 59.34
40 .025
1
Linear-by-Linear
1.648 1 .199
Association
N of Valid Cases 98
a. 63 cells (100.0%) have expected
count less than 5. The minimum
expected count is .26.
Symmetric Measures
Asymp.
Std. Approx Approx.
a
Value Error . Tb Sig.
Interval by Pearson's R
.130 .092 1.288 .201c
Interval
Ordinal by Spearman
.087 .102 .851 .397c
Ordinal Correlation
N of Valid Cases 98
a. Not assuming the null
hypothesis.
b. Using the asymptotic standard error assuming the null
hypothesis.
c. Based on normal
approximation.
HYPOTHESIS
Null hypothesis (ho) consumer perception towards DTH service
is independent of income.
Alternate hypothesis (h1) consumer perception towards DTH
service is dependent of income.
INTERPRETATION OF OUTPUT
Sum of Mean
Squares Df Square F Sig.
Between
36.898 2 18.449 .853 .429
Groups
Within
2053.520 95 21.616
Groups
Total 2090.418 97
HYPOTHESIS
NULL hypothesis (ho) All the income groups have same
perception towards DTH.
Alternative hypothesis (h1) All the income groups have
different perception towards DTH.
INTERPRETATION OF OUTPUT
NOTE
Confidence level is being taken as 95%.
Sum of Mean
Squares Df Square F Sig.
Between
324.975 2 162.488 8.744 .000
Groups
Within
1765.443 95 18.584
Groups
Total 2090.418 97
HYPOTHESIS
NULL hypothesis (ho) All Dth service provider have equal
market share .
Alternative hypothesis (h1) All Dth service provider have
unequal marker share.
INTERPRETATION OF OUTPUT
NOTE
Confidence level is being taken as 95%.
FINDINGS
After applying the factor analysis we found that there
are many 2 variables i.e. customer oriented and brand
name which are considered by customer before
purchasing the DTH service provider.
Bibliography
http://www.telenor.com/telektronikk/volumes/pdf/2
_3.2/page_140-156
http://cicr.blanquerna.url.edu/2005/Abstracts/Pions
/vol2/07
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~conte
nt=a911295459&db=all
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Occupation: _______________________________________
Income (Monthly)
(A) <5000
(B) 5000-15000
(C) >15000
a) Yes b) No
a) Tata sky
b) Big TV
c) Dish TV
d) Sun direct
a) Price
b) Schemes
c) Signal
d) Channels
e) Other
6. Which of the following sources helped you to find out the brand?
a) Television
b) Newspaper
c) Magazine
d) Radio
e) Other
7. How much are you satisfied with your current DTH service provider?
a) Highly satisfied
b) Satisfied
c) Neither satisfy nor unsatisfied
d) Dissatisfied
e) Highly Dissatisfied
8. How will you rate your current DTH players provider on the given five point
scale for each of the listed parameters?(1-V.Good; 2- Good; 3-Average; 4-
Poor; 5-V.Poor)
a) Brand name
b) Price
c) Quality
d) Easy availability
e) Good signal
f) Picture Quality
9. Given a choice, with same price and same picture quality would you switch
out from your current DTH players provider? If yes then specify to which
one.
a) Yes b) No
(Specify -------------)
10.Rank these DTH players providers according to your choice? (From 1-4).
a) Tata sky
b) Big TV
c) Dish TV
d) Sun direct
11.Do you agree that DTHplayers has outperformed the cable network
providers?
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Disagree
d) Strongly disagree
12.Do you agree advertisement affects the purchase of DTH players?
a) Strongly agree
b) Agree
c) Disagree
d) Strongly disagree
a) Yes b) No
14.Will you shift from your current service provider to another one if it is
having bad signal problem but with a less price?
a) Yes b) No
15.Are you satisfied with the price range of preferred DTH players provider?
a) Yes b) No
BAR CHARTS
Interpretation
As shown in the bar graph Tata sky has the maxim market share
i.e. 59.0% and also shows that is preferred or chosen by the
maximum consumers. Dish T.V. stands at 2nd number with 25.0%
share and Big T.V. at 3rd number with 14.0% share.
Interpretation
As shown in the bar graph 67.3% consumer agrees that the DTH
service has outperformed the cable network providers and 31.6%
consumer strongly agree the same.
Interpretation