Curtis Youngblood Works for Buppy's Bar B Q and Is

Multiple Choice

Curtis Youngblood works for Buppy's Bar B Q and is attempting to make a sales forecast for fiscal year 2007. Youngblood knows that sales increased 4% in 2005 and 5% in 2006. He also knows that consumer preferences seem to be shifting away from pork in favor of chicken. Youngblood forecasts 2007 sales to increase 2% on the basis of __________.

A) scenarios
B) extrapolation
C) the Delphi technique
D) simulations