In the Late Summer of 2005 Some Regions of the Country

question 138

Multiple Choice

In the late summer of 2005 some regions of the country were suffering from drought.What effect would we expect this to have on the stock of companies such as John Deere that manufacture farm equipment?

• A)raise the demand for existing shares of the stock,causing the price to rise
• B)decrease the demand for existing shares of the stock,causing the price to fall
• C)raise the supply of the existing shares of stock,causing the price to rise
• D)raise the supply of the existing shares of stock,causing the price to fall

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Point Estimate

A single value or statistic used to estimate an unknown population parameter based on sample data.

Population Mean

The mean value of every number within a given population.

Population Proportion

The fraction or percentage of a population that displays a particular attribute or characteristic.

Margin of Error

A measure indicating the range of values above and below a sample statistic in a confidence interval.