Strategic Trade Theory

question 3

Multiple Choice

Strategic trade theory

• A) provides unambiguous support for the claim that government intervention in high-technology industries can raise national income.
• B) suggests it is easier for governments to identify which high-technology industries can raise national income because of national security interests.
• C) does not provides unambiguous support for the claim that government intervention in high-technology industries can raise national income.
• D) is strong because it makes it easier to translate the theory's simpler conclusions into effective policies.
• E) is more of an explanatory theory than a prescriptive theory.

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Definitions:

Matching Variable

A characteristic used to ensure that members of different groups in a study are similar on that particular attribute.

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is observed and measured, expected to change as a result of alterations to the independent variable.

Matched Pairs Design

A research design in experimental psychology where participants are paired based on specific characteristics, with one member of each pair assigned to the experimental group and the other to the control group.

Order Effects

Changes in participants' responses due to the order in which experimental conditions are presented rather than the experimental conditions themselves.