Gibson (1986) Asked a Sample of College Students to Complete

question 116

Multiple Choice

Gibson (1986) asked a sample of college students to complete a self-esteem scale on which the midpoint of the scale was the score 108.He found that the average self-esteem score for this sample was 135.2, well above the actual midpoint of the scale.Given that the standard deviation of self-esteem scores was 28.15, what would be the z score for a person whose self-esteem score was 104.28?

• A) -1.10
• B) -0.85
• C) 0.85
• D) 1.10

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Definitions:

Final Products

Goods and services that have completed the production process and are intended for final consumption or investment.

Value Added Approach

This is a method for calculating GDP that sums the values added at each stage of production, avoiding the double-counting of intermediate goods.

Calculating GDP

The process of estimating the total monetary value of all finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period.

Double Counting

The mistake of counting the same item or transaction more than once when calculating economic indicators, leading to inaccuracies.