A Pet Store Would Like to Use a Survey to Determine

question 81

Multiple Choice

A pet store would like to use a survey to determine which factors are most important to cat owners in determining the brand of cat food that they purchase. ​
Decide on a reasonable means for conducting the survey to obtain the desired information.
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• A) Survey 1000 persons whose names are chosen from the local telephone directory.
• B) Survey 1000 cat keepers by randomly choosing from a list of pets keepers.
• C) Survey 1000 random people of different age, sex, nationality, and so on.
• D) Survey 1000 random people in the street.
• E) None of these means are reasonable.

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