The Global Financial Crisis Was in Part Caused by Many

question 120

Multiple Choice

The global financial crisis was in part caused by many traders selling mortgage-based financial products all at the same time.Why might they have decided to do so?

• A)they wanted to supply more mortgage-based financial products to the market
• B)they had found better products than mortgage-based financial products
• C)the supply of mortgage-based financial products had fallen
• D)they expected the price of mortgage-based financial products to fall in the near future

Distinguish between independent and dependent variables and their roles in research.

Recognize the difference between experimental and nonexperimental research methods and the implications for causal inference.

Understand the role of experimental control and randomization in establishing causal relationships in experimental research.

Describe the issues and limitations in making causal statements from nonexperimental research.

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