A Risk Factor Is Any Characteristic or Condition That

question 43

Multiple Choice

A risk factor is any characteristic or condition that

• A) occurs with a lower frequency in people with a disease than in people free from that disease.
• B) occurs with a greater frequency in people with a disease than in people free from that disease.
• C) is known to cause a disease.
• D) is a measure of the dependent variable in an experimental design.

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Definitions:

Demand Curve Elastic

A characteristic of the demand curve where the quantity demanded by consumers changes significantly as a result of price changes.

Total Revenue

Total revenue is the total amount of money received by a firm from selling its goods or services before any expenses are deducted.

Price Elasticity

A measure of how sensitive the quantity demanded of a good is to a change in its price.

Demand Curve

A graph representing the relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded by consumers, typically downward sloping, indicating an inverse relationship between price and quantity demanded.