Sally Spent the Day in the Local Grocery Store Passing

question 316

Multiple Choice

Sally spent the day in the local grocery store passing out free samples of a new potato chip. Sally gave every second customer the new chip with dip and every other customer the new chip without dip. What type of research was Sally conducting?

• A) Observation
• B) Primary and secondary data collection
• C) Experimentation
• D) Survey
• E) Focus groups

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