When I first read the article, I thought…

Advertisements would want to use data such as others’ preference of a product over another,  to sway the consumer over to purchase their product.

After learning about influencing factors, I now think…

The more expensive shirt would be considered “premium” and would be somewhat of a status. Because… of the age group (grades 7-12 [although only 12 was analyzed]).

In the future, when reading and interpreting survey data I will …

Look at influencing factors, and see how the targeted groups would choose what they did.