1. Descriptive research is conducted for all of the following reasons except . a. to describe the characteristics of relevant groups, such as consumers, salespeople, organizations, or market areas b. to determine the degree to which marketing variables are associated

c. To understand which variables are the cause and which variables are the effect of a phenomenon

Explanation:

The options include:

a. To describe the characteristics of relevant groups, such as consumers, salespeople, organizations, or market areas

b. to determine the degree to which marketing variables are associated

c. to understand which variables are the cause and which variables are the effect of a phenomenon

d. to determine the perceptions of product.

Descriptive research simply refers to a research type that is used in the description of a population that the researcher is studying.

It simply answers questions such as when, what or how in the research. The subject of the research is being described here.

From the options given, we should note that the descriptive research isn't conducted to understand which variables are the cause and which variables are the effect of a phenomenon.

a manufacturer of printed circuit boards uses exponential smoothing with trend to forecast monthly demand of its product. at the end of december, the company wishes to forecast sales for january. the estimate of trend through november has been 200 additional boards sold per month. average sales have been around 1000 units per month. the demand for december was 1100 units. the company uses α = 0.20 and β = 0.10. make a forecast including trend for the month of january.

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