Imagine That You Have Been Put in Charge of a Fundraising

question 151

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you have been put in charge of a fundraising campaign for your community organization.You decide to try the foot-in-the-door technique.Which of the following strategies would fit the technique?

• A) asking potential donors to contribute a fairly large sum of money and, when they refuse, saying you will settle for a lesser amount
• B) asking the same potential donors repeatedly until they give in and contribute
• C) asking potential donors for a small contribution, and then going back a few weeks later and asking for more
• D) offering potential donors a number of benefits, and then asking them for a contribution to your cause

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Definitions:

Measure Of Dispersion

An indication of how spread out the values of a dataset are, which can include range, variance, or standard deviation.

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure of the dispersion or variability in a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean of the set.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread in a set of data; it shows how much variation there is from the average.

Government Agency

An organization at the national, state, or local level that administers specific functions or services to the public.