On Saturdays, Stan Goes to the Park to Play His

question 12

Multiple Choice

On Saturdays, Stan goes to the park to play his saxophone. Some of the people in the park love listening to Stan play, while others find his music really annoying. In this case, Stan's saxophone playing generates:

• A)a negative externality.
• B)a positive externality.
• C)neither a positive nor a negative externality.
• D)both positive and negative externalities.

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Definitions:

Survey

A method of gathering information from a sample of individuals, typically by questioning them.

Observer Bias

The tendency of observers to see what they expect to see.

Observer Effect

The phenomenon where the act of observing or measuring a system affects the system itself.

Observer Effect

The observer effect refers to changes that the act of observation can make on a phenomenon being observed.