Suppose a Researcher Found Out That There Was a Strong

question 14

Multiple Choice

Suppose a researcher found out that there was a strong positive correlation between the number of minutes parents spend reading to children and the number of minutes parents spend engaging in athletic activity with children. If the researcher concluded that engaging in high levels of athletic activity with children causes parents to read to them more often, which type of problem would MOST likely be occurring?

• A) third-variable
• B) direction-of-correlation
• C) direction-of-causation
• D) insufficient-knowledge

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Definitions:

Short-Run Losses

Financial deficits that a firm experiences in the period where at least one factor of production is fixed, leading to an inability to cover total costs.

Operate

The act of functioning or running a business or machine, carrying out actions necessary for performance.

Average Variable Cost

the total variable cost divided by the quantity of output produced; it shows the variable cost per unit of output.

Short Run

The short run is a period in which at least one factor of production is fixed, limiting the ability of a business to expand or reduce its output.