Every graduating senior at State University is required to answer the following survey question: "Please use the following scale to indicate your degree of overall satisfaction or dissatisfaction with your educational experience at this university." The response choices are: dissatisfied, slightly satisfied, somewhat satisfied, very satisfied, and extremely satisfied. After collecting the data, analysts at the university found that only 5 percent of the students chose "dissatisfied," while 40 percent chose "slightly satisfied," 35 percent chose "somewhat satisfied," 15 percent chose "very satisfied," and only 5 percent chose "extremely satisfied." In its brochures used to recruit new students, these results were summarized as follows: "The annual survey of student satisfaction indicates

that an astounding 95 percent of our graduating seniors reported that they were satisfied with their educational experience at this university." This serves as an example of

A. the iceberg principle.
B. a fishbone diagram.
C. the ostrich principle.
D. a Pareto chart.
E. sales analysis.


Answer: A

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