If the EPA Determines That a Pollutant Is a Threat

question 136

Multiple Choice

If the EPA determines that a pollutant is a threat to public health or the environment:

• A) tighter control standards are to be imposed without regard to economic factors
• B) tighter control standards are to be imposed with careful analysis of economic factors
• C) tighter control standards are to be imposed only if they will not have adverse economic effects
• D) it will eventually impose slightly stricter standards
• E) Congress will impose some new standards

---

Definitions:

Simple Linear Regression

A statistical method used to model the relationship between a single independent variable and a dependent variable by fitting a linear equation to observed data.

T-Table Values

Critical values used in t-tests that determine the thresholds for significance based on the sample size and desired confidence level.

Confidence Level

The percentage that expresses the degree of certainty in the reliability of a confidence interval.

Confidence Interval

A chain of values, emanating from statistical investigations of samples, which is believed likely to enclose the value of a mysterious population parameter.