Which of the Following Is the Best Description of Research

question 23

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best description of research design?

• A) It is a set of advance decisions that makes up the master plan, specifying the methods and procedures for collecting and analyzing the needed information.
• B) It is a marketing term or concept involved in the marketing management problem that will be researched.
• C) It is the specific pieces of information are necessary to solve the problem at hand.
• D) It is a list from which sample elements are drawn from the sample, which contains all of the elements in the population being studied.
• E) It is a set of advance decisions that are made after the data have been collected in order to determine how the data will be analyzed.

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Definitions:

Stocks

Shares of ownership in a company, which represent a claim on the company's earnings and assets.

Investment

Applying resources, typically financial, in order to gain income or profit.

Portfolio

An aggregation of financial instruments such as company shares, debt securities, tangible commodities, available cash, and cash-like resources, including mutual funds and ETFs.

Perfectly Positively Correlated

A situation where two variables move in the same direction at the same rate, represented by a correlation coefficient of +1.