When home depot entered the quebec market in canada, two percent of the population were aware of the retail chain. to determine how effective its advertising was in the first 18 months of its presence in quebec, the firm conducted awareness research for a second time. prior to conducting the research, it was decided that if at least 50 percent of a 600-person sample of the population were aware of the home depot brand, it would continue its present advertising program. this is an example of a(n)?

On february 10, 2014, after issuance of its financial statements for 2013, higgins company entered into a financing agreement with cleveland bank, allowing higgins company to borrow up to $6,000,000 at any time through 2016. amounts borrowed under the agreement bear interest at 2% above the bank's prime interest rate and mature two years from the date of loan. higgins company presently has $2,250,000 of notes payable with star national bank maturing march 15, 2014. the company intends to borrow $3,750,000 under the agreement with cleveland and liquidate the notes payable to star national bank. the agreement with cleveland also requires higgins to maintain a working capital level of $9,000,000 and prohibits the payment of dividends on common stock without prior approval by cleveland bank. from the above information only, the total short-term debt of higgins company as of the december 31, 2013 balance sheet date is