Construct Three Hypotheses of Interest to Social Workers

question 24

Essay

Construct three hypotheses of interest to social workers.One should predict a positive relationship,another a negative relationship,and a third a curvilinear relationship.Identify the independent and dependent variables in each hypothesis.Discuss your reasoning for predicting the curvilinear relationship.

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Definitions:

Output

The total amount of goods or services produced by a person, machine, company, or industry.

Diseconomies of Scale

Occur when a company or business grows so large that the costs per unit increase. It represents the negative counterpart to economies of scale.

Economies of Scale

The cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operations, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale.

Economies of Scale

The price benefits that firms enjoy from the magnitude of their operations, where the cost of each output unit generally lessens as the scale of operations increases.