Which of the Following Would Be Expected If the Tariff

question 62

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be expected if the tariff on foreign-produced shoes were decreased?

• A) The domestic price of shoes would fall.
• B) The supply of foreign shoes to the domestic market would decline, causing shoe prices to rise.
• C) The number of unemployed workers in the domestic shoe industry would decline.
• D) The demand for foreign-produced shoes would decrease, causing the price of shoes to increase in other nations.

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Definitions:

Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test

A non-parametric statistical test that compares two related samples or repeated measurements on a single sample to assess whether their population mean ranks differ.

Test Statistic

A calculated value that is used in statistical testing to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis, based on the possible values it can take in relation to a theoretical distribution.

Rank Sums

A statistic used in non-parametric tests that involves summing the ranks of observations in samples.

Standardized Test Statistic

A calculated value from sample data that has been transformed to conform to a standard scale, used in hypothesis testing to determine how far a sample statistic differs from what is expected under the null hypothesis.