According to the text, a survey discloses that 31 percent of the respondents preferred the client's brand, while 30.8 percent preferred the closest competing brand.In such a case, it is announced that the client's brand is the dominant brand.Such a situation would be ________.
A)acceptable based on the facts of the survey
B)acceptable if only the client was told this
C)impossible to weigh in with a moral judgment based on these details
D)unacceptable if only the client was told this
E)unacceptable because it is misleading; the brands have virtual parity

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The difference between 31 percent and 30.8 percent is very small, indicating that the two brands are almost equally preferred. Declaring one as the dominant brand based on such a slim margin is misleading, suggesting that the brands are virtually at parity rather than one being significantly more preferred than the other.

According to the Text, a Survey Discloses That 31 Percent