Question

You are a senior analyst in the marketing research department of a major steel producer. You have been requested to make a forecast of domestic automobile production for the forthcoming calendar year and, for this forecast, to make a forecast of the total tonnage of steel that will be used by the automobile manufacturers. This is primarily a(n) ________.a. exploratory studyb. descriptive studyc. field experimentd. simulatione. laboratory experiment

Answer 1

B.

Step-by-step explanation:

A descriptive study is one in which information is collected without changing the environment (i.e., nothing is manipulated).

Relatively inexpensive and less time-consuming than analytic studies, they describe,

Patterns of disease occurrence, in terms of: Who gets sick and/or who does not /Where rates are highest and lowest /Temporal patterns of disease

Data provided are useful for: Public health administrators (for allocation of resources) / Epidemiologists (first step in risk factor determination)

It is used to obtain information concerning the current status of the phenomena to describe "what exists" with respect to variables or conditions in a situation. Present trends, beliefs, public mind, their viewpoint and attitudes, their effects or development of new trends are described.