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question 36

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Because of the development of optical scanners and cable television,marketing researchers can now test the effectiveness of advertising more precisely.Volunteers in a minimum of six cities are offered food discounts in return for allowing marketing research firms to monitor grocery purchases and send trial commercials to their homes through cable television.
The research subjects shop only at stores equipped with UPC scanners,and their purchases are identified by a special card.Respondents are also told that some of the commercials they see on cable television may differ from those seen by their neighbors.Buying patterns are then compared.For example,Kashi cereals tested a Crunchy Wheat promotion using this system.Half of the 5,000 participating homes in one city saw a commercial announcing the promotion; the other half saw a commercial that did not mention the promotion.Kashi used scanner data to evaluate the promotion's success and offered the commercials nationwide.
-Refer to Scenario 4.1.Kashi's testing of the Crunchy Wheat promotion is an example of

• A) the collection of secondary data.
• B) information feedback.
• C) an exploratory study.
• D) a descriptive study.
• E) defining and locating problems.

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Definitions:

Myogenic Mechanism

A feedback mechanism in which blood vessels respond to changes in blood pressure to maintain steady blood flow.

Afferent Arteriole

A small blood vessel that carries blood toward the glomeruli of the kidney as part of the filtration process.

Tubular Secretion

Movement of materials, by means of active transport, from the blood into the filtrate of a nephron.

Active Transport

Carrier-mediated process that requires ATP and can move substances against a concentration gradient.