Why Do Social Security and Medicare Pose Problems for the Federal

question 97

Multiple Choice

Why do Social Security and Medicare pose problems for the federal government budget?

• A) The worker-to-retiree ratio is increasing.
• B) Payroll taxes are capped and cannot be raised.
• C) The number of retirees is decreasing.
• D) The number of sick people is rising too quickly.
• E) Life expectancy of retirees is increasing.

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Definitions:

Hypothesis

In research, a hypothesis is a specific, testable prediction about what you expect to happen in your study, often formulated based on observations, theories, or existing knowledge.

P-value

The probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the observed results, assuming that the null hypothesis is true.

Sample Size

The number of individual observations or data points used in a statistical sample.

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