21 A study of attitudes toward prime-time television programs showed5 Y4 ]& Q7 o7 `! r
that programs with identical ratings in terms of number of people# G" }+ P7 n4 k- _; ]
watching received highly divergent marks for quality from their
( K2 Z4 o0 c- i" i# }, I6 z9 | viewers. This additional piece of information could prove valuable
) ~* r6 \' ~+ t! T B for advertisers, who might be well advised to spend their advertising
& u- E1 [/ I% Z% E9 j$ Z6 X, u* t dollars for programs that viewers feel are of high quality.3 J7 C3 F; l0 ]7 m
, h) n6 b2 X/ Z1 G" B Which of the following, if true, supports the claim that information6 q R4 u) l# t; _$ Q
about viewers' perceptions of the quality of television programs0 \6 s; I4 E1 ~3 A0 C2 L
could be valuable to advertisers?
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The number of programs judged to be of high quality constituted
$ n( g% ?9 X J0 _' _3 o7 E0 Q a high percentage of the total number of programs judged.
) B2 p/ W! w0 d" N8 J Many of the programs judged to be of high quality were shown& V" P2 M. `8 A7 X# P
on noncommercial networks.
' L2 j+ S C- C% A$ m; B Television viewers more frequently remember the sponsors
, {% [5 I1 E8 o) ?; x of programs they admire than the sponsors of programs they, P K( e/ M; I: F
judge mediocre.
- u/ J6 r) i) o0 L& \$ | Television viewers tend to watch new programs only when9 Z$ h; i. Z" H% I' a" ]) G% g
those programs follow old, familiar programs.
5 {) {% b9 c$ z" o+ A. x6 N: D0 @ Television viewers report that the quality of a television . e( u9 ~* U C+ O0 ^
advertisement has little effect on their buying habits. |