Which of the Following Statements Is Normative

question 83

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is normative?

• A)If income increases, sales of luxury goods fall.
• B)As e- book prices fall, people buy more of them.
• C)Scientists should not make normative statements.
• D)There is more caffeine in a cup of tea than in a cup of coffee.
• E)Warts are caused by handling toads.

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Definitions:

DfB

Degrees of Freedom Between groups, referring to the number of independent values in the calculation of variance between the different groups under study.

DfWG

Degrees of Freedom Within Groups, a statistical concept used in variance analysis to describe the number of independent pieces of information that went into the estimate of variability.

Critical Value

The threshold value that a test statistic must exceed to reject the null hypothesis in a statistical test.

Df

Abbreviation for degrees of freedom, indicating the number of values in a final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.