Do These Data Help to Confirm or Contradict the Hypothesis

question 6

Essay

Do these data help to confirm or contradict the hypothesis that increased wage inequality is associated with lower unemployment levels? [Hint: construct a scatterplot.]

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Definitions:

Personality Theory

A theory that attempts to describe and explain similarities and differences in people's patterns of thinking, feeling, and behavior.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, a neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology.

Internal Danger

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