Vignette Donna Is a 22-Year-Old College Student on the Tennis

question 34

Multiple Choice

Vignette Donna is a 22-year-old college student on the tennis team. She prides herself on staying in shape but often eats empty-calorie meals when she is in a rush. She knows that some family members have had different kinds of cancer and is curious to find out what steps, if any, she can take to prevent this from happening to her. She visits a reputable site on the Internet and gleans a lot of useful suggestions that she plans on implementing. Let's see if she has learned as much as you already know by answering these questions. The National Cancer Institute estimates that only about 14% of all cancers are associated with

• A) genetics and related risk factors.
• B) lifestyle factors.
• C) environmental factors.
• D) dietary factors.

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Definitions:

Substitution Bias

The phenomenon where consumers change their preferences to buy cheaper alternatives as prices rise, which can lead to inaccuracies in measuring inflation.

Consumer Price Index

A metric assessing the weighted average cost of a selection of consumer items and services like food, transportation, and medical services, utilized to determine the inflation level.

Inflation Rate

measures the rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising, and subsequently, purchasing power is falling.

Consumer Price Index

An indicator that assesses the typical shift through time in the expenses urban purchasers face for a predetermined array of consumer items and services.