Consider the Following Survey Item: "If You Found Yourself on an Airplane

question 10

Multiple Choice

Consider the following survey item: "If you found yourself on an airplane with engine problems, would you __________?" Most social psychologists would not include such an item on their survey because most respondents would __________.

• A) be offended at such a personal question
• B) never have experienced that situation, yielding too small a sample
• C) find it difficult to accurately imagine what they would actually do
• D) avoid flying in the future, instead opting for trains

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Definitions:

Variable Cost

Expenses that change in proportion to the amount of production or output levels.

Sensitivity Analysis

A technique used to determine how different values of an independent variable affect a particular dependent variable under a given set of assumptions.

Fixed Costs

Expenses that do not change with the amount of goods or services produced, such as rent, salaries, or insurance.

Variable Cost

Costs that change in proportion to the goods or services that a business produces.