How Can Order Effects Be Measured and Evaluated

question 31

Multiple Choice

How can order effects be measured and evaluated?

• A) Limit the number of participants in each group.
• B) Use a factorial design adding a participant variable (such as age) as a second factor.
• C) Use a factorial design with the order of treatments as a second factor.
• D) Randomize the order of the treatments.

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Definitions:

MPC

Marginal Propensity to Consume, a metric in economics that measures the proportion of income changes that is spent on consumption.

Crowding Out

A decrease in investment that results from government borrowing.

Accelerator Effects

The phenomenon where an increase in national income leads to a proportionally larger increase in investment spending, magnifying the initial rise in income.

Automatic Stabilizer

Economic policies and programs, such as unemployment insurance and taxation, that automatically adjust to counteract economic fluctuations without the need for government intervention.