A study found that consumers reaching supermarket checkout lines within 40 minutes after the airing of an advertisement for a given product over the store's audio system were significantly more likely to purchase the product advertised than were consumers who checked out prior to the airing. ███████████ █████ ██████████████ ███ ██████████
The author concludes that ads aired at supermarkets are effective. He supports this with a study showing that consumers who checked out within 40 minutes of hearing an ad were more likely to buy the product than those who checked out before the ad aired.
The author assumes that there are no alternative hypotheses that explain the correlation between customers hearing the ad and purchasing the advertised product. He assumes customers weren't already planning to buy the product and that the increase in purchases isn’t just a coincidence. He also assumes that the study reflects the effectiveness of all supermarket ads.
Which one of the following, ██ █████ ████ ███████████ ███ █████████
During the study, ███ ████ ██ ███ ██████████████ ████ ██████ ████ ███████ ███ ████████ █████ █████ ████ ████ █████ ████ ██████ ████ ████ ██████
A large proportion ██ ███ █████████ ███ ██████ █ ███████ ███████ █████ ███ ██████ ██ ██ █████████████ ███ ██ ████████ ████ ████ ███ ███ ████ ██ ███ █████ █████████ ██ ███ ████ ████████
Many of the █████████ ████████ ████ ████ █████████ ██████ ██ █████ ███ ██ ███ ██████████ ████████ █████ ████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ ██████
Many of the █████████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ ███████ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ████████ ████ ██████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ███████████████ ██████ ████████ ████ ████ █████ ███ ████████ ███████ ███ ██████████████
Many of the █████████ ███ ██████ ██ ██████████ ███████ ████████ ████ ████ ███ ████ ███████ ████ █████████████