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The following appeared in an e-mail sent by the marketing director of the Classical Shakespeare Theatre of Bardville.
"Over the past ten years, there has been a 20 percent decline in the size of the average audience at Classical Shakespeare Theatre productions. In spite of increased advertising, we are attracting fewer and fewer people to our shows, causing our profits to decrease significantly. We must take action to attract new audience members. The best way to do so is by instituting a 'Shakespeare in the Park' program this summer. Two years ago the nearby Avon Repertory Company started a 'Free Plays in the Park' program, and its profits have increased 10 percent since then. If we start a 'Shakespeare in the Park' program, we can predict that our profits will increase, too."
Write a response in which you discuss what questions would need to be answered in order to decide whether the recommendation is likely to have the predicted result. Be sure to explain how the answers to these questions would help to evaluate the recommendation.
题目翻译
在过去的10年间,CS剧院的平均观众人数下降了20%。尽管广告的力度加大,但却越来越难以吸引观众来看我们的演出,结果导致我们的利润明显下滑。我们必须要采取行动来吸引新的观众,最好的方式就是在今年夏天举办一个“Shakespeare in the park”活动。因为2年前,临近的A公司开展了一次“free play in the park”的活动后,利润上涨了10%。如果我们开展一次“Shakespeare in the park”活动,我们预计我们的利润也会上涨。
题目分析
1. 首先,作者没有能够证明附近公司的利润增长是由于公园内的活动所致。因为两者只是时间相关性,而未必有因果相关性,可能有其他因素,比如公司的成本下降,或者是有轰动的剧作上演,或者是得到财团的支持等等,导致了公司利润的增长。
2. 即使另一家公司的利润上升是由于这个在公园内开展的活动,我们公司类似的活动也未必会收到类似的效果。因为我们公司的观众不一定经常去公园活动,或者是观众已经厌倦了这类活动,。总之两家公司有诸多不同,因此相同的措施也未必有类似的效果。
3. 即使这个建议可能有效,也未必最佳。因为这个建议可能有负面影响,比如额外的资金和人力输出;另外也可能有其他更好的方案来解决这个问题。
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