Question

Combining the creation of many similar products into one relevant measure of activity is called __________________; translating that value into individual estimates corresponding to specific products is called ________________________. Select the terms below that fit these blanks best. Select one or more:
a. Composite analysis; Decomposition.
b. aggregation; disaggreation.
c. disaggregation; aggregation.
d. Decomposition; Composite analysis.
e. None of these answers is correct.

Answer 1

Answer:

b. aggregation; disaggregation.

Explanation:

When you want to display a combined and coherent measure of product's characteristics you, you sum them up into a cumulative result, or in other terms aggregation.

Contrary to this definition, when you want to decompose the summed value and simplify it to get to the specific product characteristic, you need to start the proces of disaggregation.