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In experimental research,independent variables are simply measured.

A) True
B) False

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What is the key advantage of test-marketing?


A) researchers can easily communicate results to management
B) relative low cost
C) they can be done quickly
D) it is performed in a real-world setting

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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When a food company tests a new product by having one group of experimental subjects taste this product first and then taste a competitor's product second,while a second group of experimental subjects tastes these two products in the reverse order,the experimental design has been _____.


A) counterbalanced
B) reversed
C) confounded
D) validated

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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Explain how experimental research differs from survey research.

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There are several differences between ex...

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List the advantages and disadvantages of test-marketing.

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The key advantage of test-marketing is t...

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When a test market is conducted in five retail stores in Erie,Pennsylvania,this is an example of an external experiment.

A) True
B) False

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Demand characteristics,such as subjects' knowledge of the experimental hypotheses,create which type of effect?


A) covariate
B) maturation
C) history
D) demand

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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A device that controls the amount of time a subject is exposed to a visual image is called a _____.


A) tachistoscope
B) pupilometer
C) focalscope
D) rotoscope

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Experiments are widely used in which type of research designs?


A) causal
B) descriptive
C) exploratory
D) nonspurious

E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

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A test market study is the most common type of field experiment.

A) True
B) False

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Products are the most common test units in most marketing experiments.

A) True
B) False

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Discuss what is meant by demand characteristics and why they are a concern for researchers.Discuss four ways of reducing demand characteristics.

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Which of the following is critical when conducting experimental research because it allows researchers to return subjects to normal?


A) manipulation check
B) cohort analysis
C) debriefing
D) deception

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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_____ are the subjects or entities whose responses to the experimental treatment are measured.


A) Test units
B) Focal units
C) Covariates
D) Independent units

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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A _____ effect is a nuisance effect occurring when the initial measurement or test alerts or primes subjects in a way that affects their response to the experimental treatments.

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In an experiment,the researcher manipulates the dependent variable and measures its effect on the independent variable.

A) True
B) False

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Often,the term cell is used to refer to a treatment combination within an experiment.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is a way for a researcher to equally distribute the effects of extraneous variables to all conditions in an experiment?


A) confounding
B) split sampling
C) repeated measures
D) randomization

E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

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People participating in experiments are referred to as _____.

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All of the following are ways to reduce demand characteristics EXCEPT _____.


A) use an experimental disguise
B) administer multiple experimental treatment levels to each subject
C) use a "blind" experimental administrator
D) isolate experimental subjects

E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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