Question

Scott's Lawn Care has hired Henry Associates to find out whether home improvement warehouse stores communicate the benefits of various brands of lawn care products differently than smaller stores. Henry Associates needs to know what is communicated to consumers in the actual settings of the stores and wants to ensure that the message isn't filtered. Only behavioral data is required. Which type of data collection method is most appropriate in this situation? A. CommunicationB. ObservationC. SurveysD. ExperimentalE. Causal

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is option B. observation.

Explanation:

Observation is a method of data collection which involves the use of all the senses to study people in their natural setting. The process involve gathering knowledge about a phenomena by making observations. The aim here is to focus on human behavior, human interaction with phenomenon and the use of phenomenon..

In the above example, actual setting and behavioral data is required. So, the most appropriate method for data collection here will be observation.