The Extent to Which the Findings of a Test Market

question 18

Multiple Choice

The extent to which the findings of a test market study can be "generalized" to predict sales in the U.S.market is the basic concept underlying the concept of:

• A)external validity.
• B)internal validity.
• C)the time-series effect.
• D)the history effect.
• E)the maturation effect.

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