Mary asks her friends on Facebook for recommendations for the best restaurants in Chicago. The results are then placed in a table for review. What does the data represent?
A) time-series data
B) cross-sectional data
C) numerical data
D) quantitative data

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The data represents cross-sectional data because it captures information from multiple sources (Mary's friends) at a single point in time (when they provided their recommendations), rather than over a period of time or being inherently numerical or quantitative in nature.

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