Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Reliability

question 64

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the reliability of secondary data while conducting market research?

• A) The data in less developed countries are particularly prone to being less positive in nature when reported by these countries.
• B) Reliability of data remains unaffected by the tax structures prevailing in countries.
• C) Official statistics are sometimes too optimistic, reflecting national pride rather than practical reality.
• D) Economic data about less developed countries are more reliable when reported by these countries.
• E) Willful errors in the reporting of marketing data are predominantly absent in most industrialized countries.

---

Definitions:

Normal Distribution

A probability distribution that is symmetric about its mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.

Sampling Distribution

The likelihood distribution associated with a particular statistic derived from a random sample.

Simple Random Samples

Samples drawn in such a way that every member of the population has an equal chance of being selected, ensuring that the sample represents the population well.

Proportion

A statistic that measures the fraction of the total number of items in a set that are of a particular category or characteristic.