A marketing firm has been hired by a cola company to review how their cola drink compares to their two major competitors. The marketing firm conducts a series of comparison trials at the grocery stores and public areas around the region where volunteers are asked to rank the cola drinks on three criteria from most to least favorable. What type of data is being collected by this research

Zapper has beginning equity of $257,000, net income of $51,000, dividends of $40,000 and investments by stockholders of $6,000. its ending equity is

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