An Egg-Producing Company Decided to Expand and Open Its Own

question 79

Multiple Choice

An egg-producing company decided to expand and open its own retail outlets.This is an example of _________.

• A)horizontal integration
• B)sideway integration
• C)concentration
• D)vertical integration

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Definitions:

Validity

The degree to which a research study accurately reflects or assesses the specific concept that the researcher is attempting to measure.

Survey Honesty

The degree to which responses on surveys accurately reflect the true thoughts or behaviors of the respondent.

Spurious Relationships

Associations between two variables that appear to be related but are actually caused by the effect of an external or intervening variable.

Confounding

A situation in research where a factor is mistakenly identified as having a direct causal effect due to its association with the true causative factor.