There is more than one reason, but there are two main things they are looking at. They need to see if you are paying on time. The payment history will show if you get behind or not. And because a utility bill is similar to a loan payment, because you have to pay it or you lose your services, they see how responsible you are by checking that. The second major reason they do this is to see what your debt is already. They want to make sure you can afford, with all your bills, to pay them back.
<span>Is what we call the stock of goods that a business or store has on hand? Inventory. Inventory and inventory management is so important when it comes to running a business with goods for purchase. The business needs to make sure they have enough supply on hand for the amount of demand that consumers have for the product. Usually there is an inventory management team that keeps track of how the products are staying in stock and when reordering needs to happen. </span>
Answer:
The correct option is D) The design of the study suffers from selection bias.
Explanation:
In research, Selection Bias occurs when the researcher decides who the respondents are or those who are being evaluated or studied.
Every research ought to be designed in such a way that the respondents are selected at random.
In the information provided, the respondents were selected from a group of people who on a balance of probability were already inclined to decline because it was a list of dissatisfied customers. The chances of them declining to respond or responding with a negative were higher than the chances of them indicating that they would buy and this defeats the purpose of the research. The research ought to have also included a sample of respondents who didn't have the product, who had enjoyed the services of the company and were content, those who didn't even know what the product did until they got the survey.
That way holistic information can be obtained from the research about how different sets of people will react and not just those who are already dissatisfied with the company's product(s).
Some of the ways to avoid selection bias in research are:
- To employ the use of random techniques selecting sample sets from populations.
- To check that the traits or characteristics of the larger population are well represented in the samples selected
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