Which Combination of Factors Is Most Likely to Produce a Significant

question 40

Multiple Choice

Which combination of factors is most likely to produce a significant value for an independent-measures t statistic?

• A)Large samples and large variance
• B)Large samples and small variance
• C)Small samples and large variance
• D)Small samples and small variance

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Definitions:

Increasing-cost Industry

An industry in which the costs of production increase as the industry expands, often due to limitations in resources or factors of production.

Long-run Supply Curve

A graphical representation showing the relationship between price and quantity supplied over a longer period, when all inputs can be varied.

Perfectly Elastic

Describes a situation in which the quantity demanded or supplied changes by an infinite amount in response to any price change, depicted as a horizontal line on a graph.

Long-run Equilibrium

A state in which all factors of production are variable, leading to a situation where firms only earn normal profits and no incentives exist for entering or exiting the industry.