Economists Assume That

question 63

Multiple Choice

Economists assume that

• A)individuals behave in unpredictable ways.
• B)consumer behavior is explained by the existence of unlimited resources.
• C)people put other people's interests ahead of their own.
• D)optimal decisions are made at the margin.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A span of numbers, obtained through statistical methods, expected to encompass the actual value of an unspecified population parameter.

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The range within which the true value of a population parameter lies, with a given level of confidence, based on sample data.

Confidence Interval

An estimated range of values calculated from a given set of data, predicting where an unknown population parameter might fall with a certain degree of confidence.