This article describes experiences with the addition of a mandatory one-credit-hour laboratory to the undergraduate market research class. Its main objective was to give students an intense exposure to the microcomputer. Student reactions to the laboratory experience were measured through self-administered surveys. The results indicate strongly that such structured exposure to computer work is quite useful.
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