As a Proportion of the Population, the Federal Workforce ______

question 77

Multiple Choice

As a proportion of the population, the federal workforce ______.

• A) has increased sharply since 1990
• B) grew sporadically and sharply from the 1870s until the New Deal period
• C) shrank sharply during both the World Wars
• D) shrank from the 1950s until the onset of the War on Terror

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Definitions:

Population Proportion

The fraction or percentage of the population that possesses a particular characteristic or attribute.

Sample Size

The number of individuals or observations included in a sample taken from a population.

Maximum Allowable Error

The largest error that is considered acceptable in the calculation or measurement process.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data that is used to test a hypothesis in statistics.