(a) A firm wanted to test the effectiveness of its advertisement on sales. It selected a set of cities which are similar to each other, and randomly divided the cities into two groups. Both the groups were similar in characteristics. The advertisement was aired for a month in one of groups of cities. The measurement of sales before and after the advertisement was aired was taken for both the groups. A comparison of these sales amount was made to assess the the effectiveness of the advertisement. (i) Identify the type of experimental design above. (ii) Represent the design in the symbols (iii) What would be the treatment effect, and possible extraneous variables?

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(a) A firm wanted to test the effectiveness of its advertisement on sales. It selected a set of
cities which are similar to each other, and randomly divided the cities into two groups. Both
the groups were similar in characteristics. The advertisement was aired for a month in one of
the groups of cities. The measurement of sales before and after the advertisement was aired
was taken for both the groups. A comparison of these sales amount was made to assess the
effectiveness of the advertisement.
(i) Identify the type of experimental design above.
(ii) Represent the design in the symbols
(iii) What would be the treatment effect, and possible extraneous variables?
Transcribed Image Text:(a) A firm wanted to test the effectiveness of its advertisement on sales. It selected a set of cities which are similar to each other, and randomly divided the cities into two groups. Both the groups were similar in characteristics. The advertisement was aired for a month in one of the groups of cities. The measurement of sales before and after the advertisement was aired was taken for both the groups. A comparison of these sales amount was made to assess the effectiveness of the advertisement. (i) Identify the type of experimental design above. (ii) Represent the design in the symbols (iii) What would be the treatment effect, and possible extraneous variables?
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