The Interaction of the Individual Service Provider with the Customer

question 7

Multiple Choice

The interaction of the individual service provider with the customer may be the key element in the firm's entire marketing strategy. This is an explicit recognition of which characteristic unique to business services?

• A)simultaneous production and consumption
• B)lack of ownership
• C)nonstandardized output
• D)inability to stockpile
• E)the dominance of intangible elements

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypotheses

A statement in hypothesis testing that is directly opposed to the null hypothesis, suggesting there is statistical evidence of an effect.

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P-Value

In hypothesis testing, the probability of observing the test results, or more extreme results, if the null hypothesis is true, used to determine statistical significance.

Null Hypothesis

A statistical hypothesis that suggests there is no significant difference between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.