Differences in Scientific Judgment Between Economists Are Similar to All

question 10

Multiple Choice

Differences in scientific judgment between economists are similar to all of the following except

• A)astronomers debating whether the sun or earth was at the center of the solar system.
• B)meteorologists debating the existence of global warming.
• C)two politicians arguing about the fairness of the tax code.
• D)explorers debating whether or not the earth was flat before the time of Christopher Columbus.

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Definitions:

Range

The difference between the largest and smallest values in a dataset, a measure of spread or variability.

Hypotheses

Theoretical statements set forth for experimentation that predict a possible relationship between two or more variables, which may include both null and alternative hypotheses.

Interquartile Range

A measure of statistical dispersion, equal to the difference between the upper and lower quartiles, representing the middle 50% of the data.

Outliers

Data points that significantly differ from other observations in a data set, often indicating measurement error or a novel phenomena.