Several Watch-Dog Consumer Groups Have Criticized the Fast Food Industry

question 36

Multiple Choice

Several watch-dog consumer groups have criticized the fast food industry for serving food with excessive fat content.One watch-dog announced that it will randomly select one fast food chain per week.The watch-dog will then decide,as a group,to purchase one item off the menu that has been advertised the most on television and in the newspapers.The watch-dog will then have that heavily-advertised,just-purchased item professionally sampled for fat content.Weekly results will be posted on the watch-dog's website.For this scenario,what best describes the watch-dog's sampling activities each week?

• A)Cluster sampling
• B)Attempted census
• C)Systematic sampling
• D)Stratified sampling
• E)Multistage sampling

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