The Unemployment Rate Will Decrease When

question 375

Multiple Choice

The unemployment rate will decrease when

• A) the duration of unemployment increases.
• B) the average workweek falls from 40 to 39 hours.
• C) the age of the labor force increases.
• D) people get discouraged and quit looking for work.

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Definitions:

Operational Definition

A clear, detailed description of how an experimental variable is measured or manipulated within research.

Hypothesis

A testable prediction about the conditions under which a particular behavior or mental process may occur.

Negative Correlation

An association between two variables characterized by the increase of one variable leading to the decrease of the other, and the opposite is also true.

Inverse Relationship

An inverse relationship is a correlation between two variables where one variable increases as the other decreases, and vice versa.