Sutherland Proposes That Definitions Vary Along Each of the Following

question 21

Multiple Choice

Sutherland proposes that definitions vary along each of the following dimensions except:

• A) clarity
• B) priority
• C) frequency
• D) duration
• E) intensity

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Definitions:

Flow Measure

A quantitative assessment that represents movement of items over time, often used in economics to track variables like income.

Consumption

The consumption of products and services by individuals in a household.

Impossibility Theorem

A proposition demonstrated by Kenneth Arrow showing that no system of aggregating individual preferences into social decisions will always yield consistent, nonarbitrary results.

Voting Paradox

A simple demonstration of how majority-rule voting can lead to seemingly contradictory and inconsistent results. A commonly cited illustration of the kind of inconsistency described in the impossibility theorem.