Descriptive research is conducted for all of the following reasons except: a. to describe the characteristics of relevant groups, such as consumers, salespeople, organizations, or market areas.
b. to determine the degree to which marketing variables are associated.
c. to understand which variables are the cause and which variables are the effect of a phenomenon.
d. to determine the perceptions of product characteristics.

Explain whether each of the following events increases, decreases, or has no effect on the unemployment rate and the labor-force participation rate.a. after a long search, jon finds a job.b. tyrion, a full-time college student, graduates and is immediately employed.c. after an unsuccessful job search, arya gives up looking and retires.d. daenerys quits her job to become a stay-at-home mom.e. sansa has a birthday, becomes an adult, but has no interest in working.f. jaime has a birthday, becomes an adult, and starts looking for a job.g. cersei dies while enjoying retirement.h. jorah dies working long hours at the office.