4. The store manager at SuperStar, a regional supermarket chain in the Durban area, has noticed a decline in sales du

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4. The store manager at SuperStar, a regional supermarket chain in the Durban area, has noticed a decline in sales during the first three months of the Covid 19 epidemic, and attributes this to the health concerns of shoppers. However, the manager also observes that shoppers over sixty years of age do not seem to come into their stores in the large numbers prior to lockdown. It also became evident that there was more unemployment during this time owing to the pandemic. Furthermore, poor weather conditions meant that shoppers found it difficult to make their way to the stores. Answer the following questions basing on this scenario.


4.1 Identify the dependent variable. (1)


4.2 Identify the independent variable. (1)


4.3 Identify two intervening variables. (2)


4.4 Provide a brief research problem for this scenario, as a

formal study. (2)


4.5 Develop a title for this scenario, as a formal study. (3)


4.6 Identify the study population in the above scenario. (1)(10)