Read the article provided here and answer the following questions. (If you have difficulty with this link, search on the web for “Trade Talk: Survey investigates office worker retail spending” by Bell Hoffman.)

1) What is the purpose of the article?

2) What are the essential questions that the research sets out to answer?

3) What is the researcher’s hypothesis?

4) Describe the sampling technique and the method of data collection.

5) Describe the data analysis and the validity of the findings.

6) Describe the results of the research.

7) Write a one paragraph evaluation of the research. Use your answers to questions 1-6 to support your evaluation.