It Is Likely That, If We Could Measure the Quality

question 420

Multiple Choice

It is likely that, if we could measure the quality as well as the quantity of education,

• A)the human-capital argument would become less compelling as a means of explaining wage differentials between white workers and black workers.
• B)the human-capital argument would become less compelling as a means of explaining wage differentials between male workers and female workers.
• C)wage differentials between white workers and black workers would be more puzzling than they are now.
• D)wage differentials between white workers and black workers would be more fully explained.

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Definitions:

P-value

The likelihood of encountering experimental results that are at least as significant as the actually observed results, given the null hypothesis is assumed to be accurate.

Pooled Variance

A method used in statistics to combine variances from two or more groups to estimate a common variance when they are assumed to be equal.

Independent Samples

Samples drawn from two populations in such a way that the selection of a sample from one population does not influence the selection of a sample from the other population.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that estimates the accuracy of a sample mean by describing the dispersion of sample means around the population mean.