Which of the Following Represents a Change That Has Been

question 110

Multiple Choice

Which of the following represents a change that has been made since the individual income tax was first levied in 1913?

• A) In 1969, the overall tax system was changed from a regressive to a progressive set of tax rates.
• B) People can no longer receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families for more than five years of their life.
• C) The alternative minimum tax has been adjusted for inflation.
• D) Social Security payments are no longer indexed to wages.

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Definitions:

Nonresponse Error

The bias that occurs in survey statistics when individuals selected for the survey do not respond and their nonresponse is related to the measure of interest.

Data Collection

The process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest in a systematic way.

Acquisition Error

An error that arises during the process of data collection, often due to issues in capturing or recording data accurately.

Data Acquisition

The process of sampling signals that measure real-world physical conditions and converting the resulting samples into digital numeric values for processing by a computer.