A Blockbuster Movie Had Just Premiered on Exactly 1257 Screens

question 51

Multiple Choice

A blockbuster movie had just premiered on exactly 1257 screens throughout the country.Within the first week,a few theatres were chosen at random,and then theater management interviewed approximately 5% of the theatregoers at those selected theatres.All these theatregoers loved the movie,therefore management decided to increase the number of showings per week.Identify the type of sampling used in this example.

• A)Voluntary response sampling
• B)Systematic sampling
• C)Convenience sampling
• D)Simple random sampling
• E)Multistage sampling

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Definitions:

Post-Decisional Justification

The cognitive process of justifying one's choices after a decision has been made, often to reduce dissonance.

Discarded Alternatives

Options or solutions that are considered and then rejected during a decision-making process.

Selected Alternative

The option that has been chosen after the consideration of various possibilities in a decision-making process.

Emotions Affect

The influence that feelings have on an individual's thinking and behavior.