A Theory Is an Abstraction Used Often by Economists to

question 16

Multiple Choice

A theory is an abstraction used often by economists to

• A)describe a problem.
• B)keep all assumptions in their proper places.
• C)explain why things work the way they do.
• D)describe a hierarchical ordering of facts.
• E)arrange variables into a graphical format.

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