In Mid-2012 Delta Increased the Price of a New York

question 337

Multiple Choice

In mid-2012 Delta increased the price of a New York to LA ticket by 10 percent. As a result of this price hike, there was a ________ shift in the demand curve for a ticket on Continental because the price of a ________ had risen.

• A) rightward; complement
• B) leftward; substitute
• C) leftward; complement
• D) rightward; substitute

Distinguish between correlation and causation and the limitations of correlation coefficients in implying causality.

Understand the concept of covariance and its illustrative examples.

Identify and formulate null hypotheses in statistical hypothesis testing.

Understand and interpret Pearson correlation values and their implications.

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