Social Security Is Called a "Pay as You Go" System

question 48

Multiple Choice

Social Security is called a "pay as you go" system. This means that ______.

• A) benefits that the U.S. government currently pays out are funded through currently collected taxes
• B) individuals control the investment of their Social Security dollars (also called privatized)
• C) it is a means-tested program
• D) money taken out for Social Security today will pay for benefits in the future

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Definitions:

Alternative Hypothesis

The hypothesis that proposes a difference or effect, in contrast to the null hypothesis, which asserts no effect or relationship.

One-tailed

Refers to a type of statistical test where the hypothesis specifies a direction of the expected difference or relationship.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of how much the values in a dataset spread out or vary from one another.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, indicating the variability of sample means around the population mean.