A locally owned spa, Alexander's, is interested in adding a tea room that not only offers specialty teas but an organic lunch menu. In order to determine how many of its
Regular customers would be interested in such an addition, Alexander's sent out a short e-
Mail questionnaire. One question asked its customers to indicate how much they spend
Monthly on all natural, organic products. These data are
A) cross-sectional.
B) time series.
C) categorical.
D) transactional.
E) experimental.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The data collected through the questionnaire are cross-sectional as they represent a snapshot of the customers' spending habits on all natural, organic products at a specific point in time. They do not track changes over time, which would make them a time series. The question was also asking for a numerical response rather than categorical or experimental data. Lastly, the data are not related to a specific transaction.

A Locally Owned Spa, Alexander's, Is Interested in Adding a Tea