Real Data, Real People, Real Research.In the Eight Edition of Marketing Research, McDaniel and Gates continue to share their real-life experiences from the industry to teach students how to make critical business decisions through the study of market research. The authors’ practical approach and emphasis on being “real” has made this one of the world’s leading marketing research texts. Like no other, this text prepares students by introducing actual data samples, marketing research professionals, and real-world case problems.