1.7 Definitions 15
1.8 Structure of report 16
Chapter 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 18
2.0 Introduction 18
2.1 Customer loyalty 18
2.2 Defining customer satisfaction 27
2.3 Defining marketing mix and the four Ps 35
2.4 Theoretical framework 54
2.5 Hypothesis development 55
2.6 Summary of chapter 60
Chapter 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 61
3.0 Introduction 61
3.1 Research design 61
3.2 Sample and population 62
3.3 Data collection procedure 64
3.4 Instrumentation 65
3.5 Statistical analysis technique 68
3.6 Summary of the chapter 73
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Chapter 4 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS 74
4.0 Introduction 74
4.1 Profile of characteristics of respondent 74
4.2 Goodness of measures 77
4.3 Reliability test 81
4.4 Descriptive analysis 81
4.5 Correlations 82
4.6 Hypothesis testing 83
4.7 Summary of findings 86
4.8 Summary of the chapter 87
Chapter 5 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION 89
5.0 Introduction 89
5.1 Recapitulation 89
5.2 Discussion 90
5.3 Implications of the study 96
5.4 Limitations of study 100
5.5 Directions of future research 102
5.6 Conclusion 102
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References 104
Appendices
Appendix 1: Frequencies 114
Appendix 2: Factor analysis 119
Appendix 3: Reliability analysis 146
Appendix 4: Correlations 156
Appendix 5: Regression analysis 158
Appendix 6: Questionnaires 174