A Model Is Based on an Assumption That an Additional

question 66

Multiple Choice

A model is based on an assumption that an additional year of education increases a student's future wage by 20 percent.
-Refer to the scenario above.Which of the followings statements is true of the model?

• A) The predictions of this model can be verified empirically.
• B) The predictions of this model can only be applied for a limited number of years of additional education.
• C) According to the model, 2 additional years of education will increase an individual's future wages 1.20 times.
• D) According to the model, 2 additional years of education will increase an individual's future wages 2.98 times.

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Definitions:

α-D-Glucopyranose

An isomer of glucose that is a six-membered oxygen-containing ring (pyranose form), important in biology and nutrition.

Anomers

Carbohydrates that differ in configuration only at the hemiacetal or hemiketal carbon atom, often referred to as the anomeric carbon.

Optical Rotation

The measurement of the degree to which a chiral compound rotates plane-polarized light, a property specific to chiral substances.

α-D-Glucopyranose

A cyclic form of glucose where the ring consists of five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom, with the glucose in its alpha configuration.