The Sara Lee Company Is Attempting to Forecast Sales for a New

question 205

Multiple Choice

The Sara Lee Company is attempting to forecast sales for a new ice cream cake. To come up with an accurate forecast, Sara Lee places the product in Atlanta supermarkets for a period of four months. In this instance, Sara Lee is using which forecasting method?

• A) Time series analysis
• B) Market test
• C) Executive judgment
• D) Regression analysis
• E) Survey

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