flesh out. Also, put flesh on the bones of. Give substance to, provide with details, amplify. For example, The editor told her to flesh out the story, or You need to put flesh on the bones of these characters. This metaphoric expression, alluding to clothing a nude body or adding flesh to a skeleton, was in the mid-1600s put simply as to flesh, the adverb out being added about two centuries later.
Survey research, which is descriptive and cross-sectional in most cases, is an important type of research in marketing. Marketing researchers often survey customers to ascertain their attitudes, preferences, and intentions.
Market research analysts typically do the following: 1  Monitor and forecast marketing and sales trends. 2  Measure the effectiveness of marketing programs and strategies. 3  Devise and evaluate methods for collecting data, such as surveys, questionnaires, and opinion polls. 4  Gather data on consumers, competitors, and market conditions.