Provide an Appropriate Response

question 31

Multiple Choice

Provide an appropriate response.
-Based on a recent survey of adults in 75,000 households, the U.S. Labor Department reported an unemployment
Rate of 3.4%. The margin of error was 0.1 percentage point. The goal of the study was to

• A)predict the unemployment rate for the following decade.
• B)determine the percentage of U.S. adults who are unemployed.
• C)determine the reasons U.S. adults are unemployed.
• D)determine the number of U.S. adults who are unemployed.

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