Liu, King, and Bearman (2010) Find That Independent of Other

question 17

Multiple Choice

Liu, King, and Bearman (2010) find that independent of other factors, children living near other children diagnosed with autism are more likely to also be diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This demonstrates that Autism Spectrum Disorder is ___________.

• A) contagious
• B) more common in certain geographic regions
• C) a social phenomenon
• D) something that can be learned and performed
• E) not a real disorder

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Definitions:

Cost Minimizing

The strategy or process of reducing expenses to the lowest possible level while maintaining the desired level of production quality or service.

Inputs

The resources such as labor, materials, and capital used in the production process.

MRTS

Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution, indicating how much of one input can be reduced when one more unit of another input is used, keeping output constant.

MRTS

Marginal Rate of Technical Substitution; the rate at which one input can be reduced for every increase in another input while maintaining the same level of output.