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question 46

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Understand the impact of various forms of public assistance and non-cash benefits on poverty statistics.

Analyze the effects of demographic factors on poverty rates.

Understand how the government measures poverty and the implications of including non-cash benefits in poverty assessments.

Comprehend the implications of tax policies on income distribution and poverty rates.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indicator used to determine the extent of fluctuation or scatter among data points in a collection.

Central Limit Theorem

A statistical theory that states that given a sufficiently large sample size from a population with a finite level of variance, the mean of all samples from the same population will be approximately equal to the mean of the population.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic (like the mean) that would result from taking a large number of samples from a population.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points in a sample used to estimate characteristics of a population.