Which of the Following Would Be an Example of Selection

question 13

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be an example of selection bias?

• A) studying revolutions by looking at cases with outcomes of revolution and nonrevolution
• B) only studying evidence consistent with your political ideology
• C) studying the causes of democracy by looking only at cases with outcomes of democracy
• D) studying religiosity to see if it is correlated with postcolonial regimes

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Definitions:

Break-Even Point

The financial point where total costs and total revenues are exactly equal, meaning there is no profit or loss.

Short Run

In economics, a timeframe during which the production process has limitations due to fixed resources, leading to constraints on firm adjustments and outputs.

Long Run

The long run is a period in economics during which all factors of production and outputs are variable and can be adjusted, contrary to the fixed factors present in the short run.

Marginal Cost Curve

A visual display illustrating the variation in the expense of manufacturing an extra item of a product as the quantity produced alters.