You Are a Senior Analyst in the Marketing Research Department

question 60

Multiple Choice

You are a senior analyst in the marketing research department of a major steel producer. You have been requested to make a forecast of domestic automobile production for the forthcoming calendar year and, for this forecast, to make a forecast of the total tonnage of steel that will be used by the automobile manufacturers. This is primarily a(n) :

• A) exploratory study.
• B) descriptive study.
• C) field experiment.
• D) simulation.
• E) laboratory experiment.

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