To Calculate a Country's Dependency Ratio,one Needs to Know the Country's

question 29

Multiple Choice

To calculate a country's dependency ratio,one needs to know the country's population and

• A) the number of children still receiving financial support from their parents.
• B) the number of people who are actively looking for work but are unable to find it.
• C) all of a country's population younger than age 15 or older than age 64.
• D) the number younger than age 15.
• E) the number older than age 64.

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Definitions:

Confidence Coefficient

A value, typically close to 1, that specifies the likelihood that a confidence interval will contain the true population parameter.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of a statistic (like a mean or proportion) that would result from taking a large number of samples from a population.

Standard Deviation

A metric that assesses the extent of variation or spread in a collection of data in relation to its average, demonstrating the degree to which the data values are scattered.

Confidence Interval

A set of values generated from sample data, believed to capture the value of an unspecified population parameter.