Which of the Following Is a Example of Judgment Sampling

question 48

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a example of judgment sampling?

• A) For a major launch campaign for a brand of bath soap, three cities in California were selected because there were deemed to be representative of the nation as a whole.
• B) In a study of taste preferences for brands of soft drinks, a marketing research firm selected a sample of 200 people from a large Chicago shopping mall over one weekend.
• C) All of the department stores within 50 miles of the corporate office were selected for testing a new point-of-purchase display.
• D) From a list of all freshmen at a university, the school selected every 12th name to be interviewed about their first year experience at the school.

Illustrate the relationship between market conditions and the operations decisions of firms in the short run versus the long run.

Define key terms related to perfect competition, such as break-even point, shutdown point, and perfect knowledge.

Examine the role of perfect mobility of resources and perfect knowledge in defining a perfectly competitive market.

Understand the concepts and implications of different types of manipulations in experimental research.

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Definitions:

Variables

Elements, features, or factors that are liable to vary or change, often measured, manipulated, or controlled in scientific studies.

Averages

A mathematical concept denoting the central or typical value in a set of data, calculated in various ways such as mean, median, and mode.

Acceptance Sampling

A method of measuring random samples of lots or batches of products against predetermined standards.