To Obtain a Frame of Reference for Assessing Financial Trends

question 17

Multiple Choice

To obtain a frame of reference for assessing financial trends of a particular city,you decide to compare them with financial trends of other municipalities.Which approach will provide the most appropriate reference group for this purpose?

• A)a statistical sample of all municipalities (cities,counties,villages,etc. )in the country
• B)a statistical sample of all municipalities (cities,counties,villages,etc. )in the same state
• C)a random sample of municipal governments,other than cities,in the same state
• D)a sample of cities of roughly similar population size and that perform similar functions in the same state

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