Abel Is Conducting a Study Examining the Prevalence of Skin

question 117

Multiple Choice

Abel is conducting a study examining the prevalence of skin cancer and decides to sample residents in Hollywood, California who frequent the "Tan a Day" tanning salon. Abel randomly selects participants from this sample, but Abel's study likely suffers from:

• A) lack of reliability.
• B) hypothesis-guessing.
• C) sample bias.
• D) lack of power.

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Definitions:

Crowding-Out Effect

The offset in aggregate demand that results when expansionary fiscal policy raises the interest rate and thereby reduces investment spending.

Government Spending

The total amount of money that a government expends on public services, social welfare programs, infrastructure, and defense, among other areas.

Interest Rates

A charge, expressed in terms of a percentage of the principal, applied by a lender to a borrower for using its resources.

Crowding-Out Effect

A situation where increased government spending leads to a reduction in private sector spending, often due to higher borrowing costs.