A Survey Administered to a Sample Drawn from a Local

question 13

Multiple Choice

A survey administered to a sample drawn from a local community finds that a person's political party affiliation is related to whether or not the individual favors an increase in local sales tax (the headline of a newspaper story based on this poll reads: "Republicans support proposed tax increase") . This is an example of the use of________.

• A) univariate descriptive statistics.
• B) inferential statistics.
• C) multivariate descriptive statistics.
• D) reductionist statistics.

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Definitions:

EIC

Earned Income Credit, a refundable tax credit for low- to moderate-income workers, especially those with children.

EIC

Earned Income Credit, a refundable tax credit for low- to moderate-income working individuals and families.

Tax Refund

The amount of money returned to a taxpayer when the amount of taxes paid exceeds the actual tax liability.

Child and Dependent Care Credit

A tax credit offered to taxpayers to offset the cost of care for qualifying dependents to enable employment.