What Are the Two Major Types of Applied Research

question 85

Multiple Choice

What are the two major types of applied research?

• A) evaluation and problem analysis
• B) evaluation and policy analysis
• C) application and policy analysis
• D) problem and policy analysis

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Definitions:

Contestable Market

A market with no barriers to entry or exit, where a company's prices and output are constrained by the threat of new entrants or competition rather than by existing competitors alone.

Public Interest Theory

A theory suggesting that regulations are created in response to the public's demand for fair and efficient markets.

Industrial Regulation

The older and more traditional type of regulation in which government is concerned with the prices charged and the services provided to the public in specific industries. Differs from social regulation.

Regulated Monopolies

Monopolies that are allowed to exist by the government but with restrictions and oversight to protect consumers' interests.