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Ethan Hathaway recently graduated from an East Coast university and has joined a small start-up based in New York City. One of his first assignments is to work collaboratively with other members of the marketing team to draft the marketing plan for the next fiscal year. Ethan is highly skilled in conducting secondary research and, as an alumnus of his university, he continues to have complimentary access to the university's library resources. He's now realizing how important data analysis is to firms and is glad he took a marketing research course. Ethan is utilizing the library resources to uncover information about a variety of external factors that could provide opportunities or threats and is exploring such factors as competitive, economic, political, legal, regulatory, technological, and sociocultural. Which section of the marketing plan would be most appropriate for the information that Ethan is obtaining through secondary market research?

Interpret the impact of data organization (matched pairs vs. independent samples) on statistical significance testing.

Calculate the minimum sample size required for testing hypotheses about means with specific confidence levels and margins of error.

Apply and interpret the Sign Test for non-parametric inference about median differences.

Understand and apply hypothesis testing for comparing means between two groups.

Definitions:

Narrow Black-And-White Lines

A visual pattern typically consisting of slim, alternating black and white stripes.

Gestalt Psychology

A school of thought in psychology that emphasizes viewing the mind and behavior as organized wholes.

Slogan

A short and striking or memorable phrase used in advertising.

Shape Constancy

The perceptual phenomenon where the perceived shape of an object remains constant despite changes in the viewing angle or distance.