An Agency Must Conduct a Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Whenever a New

question 48

True/False

An agency must conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis whenever a new regulation will have "a significant impact on a substantial number" of small businesses.​

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Definitions:

Lexical Ambiguity

The idea that some words have different meanings; for example, bank can refer to the side of a river or to a financial institution.

Phonetic Ambiguity

A linguistic phenomenon where a speech sound or sequence of sounds can be interpreted in more than one way due to its pronunciation.

Speech Perception

The process by which the sounds of language are heard, interpreted, and understood. This involves both physiological hearing mechanisms and cognitive processing.

Swinney's Research

Refers to studies conducted by psychologist David Swinney, often associated with linguistic processing and lexical access in the brain.