A Consumer Research Firm Is Hired to Determine Which Brand

question 11

Multiple Choice

A consumer research firm is hired to determine which brand of laundry soap is most preferred by consumers. After surveying a sample of housewives, they find that the most preferred brand is White Suds. Which of the following is the greatest threat to external validity in this study?

• A)Consumers' lack of interest in laundry products
• B)The absence of difference in laundry soaps between manufacturers
• C)The stereotypical assumption that only women do laundry
• D)Including both males and females in research investigations

Understand the concept of moral hazard as a post-contractual problem.

Grasp the concept of adverse selection as a pre-contractual problem.

Identify the types of problems in principal-agent relationships.

Recognize the importance of information gathering in solving agency problems.

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