State Sales Taxes Are Considered by Many Economists to Be

question 187

Multiple Choice

State sales taxes are considered by many economists to be _____ because _____.

• A) flat; the amount of tax collected is the same regardless of the amount of the purchase
• B) lump sum; the percentage of each item that is collected in taxes is the same for everyone
• C) progressive; higher-income individuals buy more goods and services and pay more in taxes
• D) regressive; lower-income individuals pay a larger percentage of their income in sales taxes

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Definitions:

Acceptance Sampling

A statistical quality control method where a random sample of items from a lot is inspected to determine if the entire lot should be accepted or rejected.

Process Control

The practice of managing and maintaining the variables within a production process to ensure the output meets the desired criteria.

Sample Averages

The mean values calculated from subsets of a larger population or dataset to represent or estimate the population's characteristics.

C-chart

A control chart used in statistical quality control to monitor the number of defects per unit of a process, helping to measure process variation.