A Regressive Tax

question 264

Multiple Choice

A regressive tax:

• A)takes a higher percentage of income as income rises.
• B)rises less than in proportion to income.
• C)takes a fixed percentage of income regardless of the taxpayer's level of income.
• D)takes a larger share of the income of high-income taxpayers than of low-income taxpayers.

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Definitions:

Coefficient of Determination

A statistical measure, often denoted as R^2, that represents the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s).

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment or model that are manipulated or changed to observe their effect on dependent variables.

Total Variation

The overall measure of the spread or dispersion of a set of data points.

Degrees of Freedom

In statistical analysis, it refers to the number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution.