Jon is training Lee, a recent graduate who joined the marketing department. Their topic of discussion is multidimensional scaling (MDS), with respect to positioning maps. Jon explains that with MDS, rather than asking customers what is important in a given product or service, MDS simply starts by asking how similar two products or services are for every pair of products or services under consideration in the mapping. Jon’s explanation is consistent with current marketing practices used today

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The state in which the manufacturing company you work for is located regulates the presence of a particular substance in the environment to concentrations ≤ x. recently-released, reliable research endorsed by the responsible federal agency conclusively demonstrates that the substance poses no risks at concentrations up to 5x. your company has asked you to consider designing a new process with a waste discharge stream containing up to 2x of the substance. based on the stated conditions, describe this possible.