The Difference Between Positive Statements and Normative Statements Is That

question 153

Multiple Choice

The difference between positive statements and normative statements is that

• A) a positive statement involves a value judgment and a normative statement is a statement of fact.
• B) a positive statement is a statement of fact and a normative statement involves value judgments.
• C) value judgments are made in normative statements but assumed in positive statements.
• D) normative statements are provable while positive statements are not.

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Definitions:

Multiply

The arithmetic operation of scaling one number by another, essentially repeated addition.

Multiply

The arithmetic process of calculating the result of adding a number to itself a certain number of times.

Simplify

To simplify means to reduce an expression or equation to its simplest form, by combining like terms, reducing fractions, etc.

Combine

The process of uniting two or more expressions into a single expression using mathematical operations.