Developing front-end applications includes creating a set of predeveloped queries and interfaces to those queries

Until the mid-1990s, MGP Ingredients sold ethanol and animal feed. A steep drop in its sales led the company to focus on developing the first low-carb proteins and starches. The company was able to use existing manufacturing equipment to develop these food additives in response to the growing popularity of the Atkins Diet and similar food regimens. The realization that MGP could use the popularity of the Atkins Diet as a catalyst for success would have occurred in which stage of the new-product development process?

a. developing a business analysis b. establishing the new-product strategy c. exploring opportunities d. screening and concept testing

If there are too few respondents in the lowest income category, this category may be combined or merged with the next lowest category. This is known as ________

A) recombining B) replication C) returning D) resetting E) recoding