An Advance in Farm Technology That Results in an Increased

question 46

Multiple Choice

An advance in farm technology that results in an increased market supply is

• A)good for farmers because it raises prices for their products but bad for consumers because it raises prices consumers pay for food.
• B)bad for farmers because total revenue will fall but good for consumers because prices for food will fall.
• C)good for farmers because it raises prices for their products and also good for consumers because more output is available for consumption.
• D)bad for farmers because total revenue will fall and bad for consumers because farmers will raise the price of food to increase their total revenue.

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Definitions:

Error Sum Of Squares

A measure in statistics of the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model.

Standard Error

A measure of the accuracy with which a sample distribution represents a population by quantifying the variability of the sampling distribution.

Coefficient Of Determination

A measure that represents the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable that is predictable from the independent variable(s).

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during hypothesis testing, used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.