A popular social networking website wants to upgrade its webpage design, but it is unsure how its audience would respond to the change. What is the best step for the website to take in order to gauge the target audience’s response if it wants to limit the risk of alienating the entire target audience?
a. It should release the design to the company’s employees and elicit feedback before releasing it to everyone.
b. It should release the design to a few design experts and make a decision based on their comments.
c. It should release the design to one member of its target audience and elicit feedback before releasing it to everyone.
d. It should release the design to all the members of its target audience and hope for the best.
e. It should release the design to a small number of randomly chosen members of its target audience and elicit feedback before releasing it to everyone.

The best step for the website to take in order to gauge the target audience’s response if it wants to limit the risk of alienating the entire target audience is - It should release the design to a small number of randomly chosen members of its target audience and elicit feedback before releasing it to everyone.

Here, the design release should be given to a small number of random members of target audience to minimize risk of loosing other audience.