Several Watch-Dog Consumer Groups Have Criticized the Fast Food Industry

Multiple Choice

Several watch-dog consumer groups have criticized the fast food industry for serving food with excessive fat content.One watch-dog announced that it will randomly select one fast food chain per week.The watch-dog will then decide,as a group,to purchase one item off the menu that has been advertised the most on television and in the newspapers.The watch-dog will then have that heavily-advertised,just-purchased item professionally sampled for fat content.Weekly results will be posted on the watch-dog's website.For this scenario,what best describes the watch-dog's sampling activities each week?

A) Cluster sampling
B) Attempted census
C) Systematic sampling
D) Stratified sampling
E) Multistage sampling