The Principal Distinction Between Positive Analysis and Normative Analysis Is

question 51

Multiple Choice

The principal distinction between positive analysis and normative analysis is that

• A)positive analysis is useful and normative analysis is not useful.
• B)positive analysis is optimistic and normative analysis is neutral.
• C)economists always agree on the conclusions of positive analysis but could disagree on the conclusions of normative analysis.
• D)positive analysis tells us "what is," but normative analysis tells us "what ought to be."

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Definitions:

Fixed Patterns

A term that refers to repeatable and predictable behaviors or sequences observed in natural or designed systems.

Taxes

Movements or orientations of an organism in response to external stimuli.

Fixed Action Patterns

Instinctive behavioral sequences that are relatively invariant within the species and are triggered by specific stimuli.

Innate

Traits, abilities, or behaviors that are inherent and present at birth, not acquired through learning.