Research in Which People of Different Ages Are Compared with One

question 119

Multiple Choice

Research in which people of different ages are compared with one another at one time is a

• A)scatterplot.
• B)cross-sectional study.
• C)regression toward the mean.
• D)longitudinal study.

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Definitions:

Outputs

The goods or services produced by a company or an economy over a certain period of time.

Increasing Opportunity Costs

A principle stating that as the production of a good increases, the opportunity cost of producing an additional unit of this good also increases.

Bowed-Out Shape

Describes a concave production possibilities frontier that reflects increasing opportunity costs as production of one good is increased.

Attainable And Unattainable

Describes whether a certain state or outcome can be achieved with the available resources (attainable) or not (unattainable), often used in the context of production and economics.