If Global Warming Began to Cause Random World-Wide Damage to Crops,insurance

question 39

Multiple Choice

If global warming began to cause random world-wide damage to crops,insurance companies

• A) would insure against specific crop failures.
• B) would not insure against specific crop failures.
• C) would be indifferent between insuring or not.
• D) would find themselves facing prosecution for ignoring the problem for so long.

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Definitions:

Experimental Design

The process of planning a study to meet specified objectives and ensure that the results are statistically significant and replicable.

Independent Variable

The variable that is manipulated by the researcher to examine its effect on the dependent variable in an experiment.

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations and to other people.

Confounding Variable

A variable that influences both the dependent and independent variables in a study, potentially misleading the results if not controlled.