A Beekeeper Decides to Locate Her Business on a Plot

question 55

Multiple Choice

A beekeeper decides to locate her business on a plot of land that is between an apple orchard and an elementary school. A negative externality that can result is

• A) the cost of the bee hives to the beekeeper.
• B) the possibility of the bees stinging the students at the school.
• C) the bees helping to pollinate the orchard, leading to more fruit.
• D) the honey the bees produce.

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Definitions:

Single-case Design

An experimental research design focusing on the response of a single subject to a controlled intervention or treatment.

Across Subjects

Across subjects refers to a research design approach where comparisons are made between different individuals who are exposed to varying experimental conditions.

Multiple-baseline

A research design that introduces the intervention at different times across settings, behaviors, or individuals to control for external variables.

Multiple-baseline Design

An experimental design used to demonstrate the effect of an intervention across different settings, times, or subjects.