Which of the Following Is Likely to Cause a Decrease

question 63

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is likely to cause a decrease in the natural rate of unemployment?

• A)an increase in the percentage of the working-age population receiving disability insurance
• B)a decrease in the use of temporary workers
• C)a growing percentage of young workers in the labor force
• D)generous unemployment insurance benefits

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Definitions:

Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test

A statistical test that doesn't rely on parameters and is utilized to evaluate whether two separate samples have different population mean ranks.

Independent Samples

Two or more groups of samples that are collected from distinct populations and are not related or matched in any way.

Relative Frequency Distributions

A statistical tool detailing the proportion of times each value appears in a dataset relative to the total number of observations.

Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test

A nonparametric statistical method employed to evaluate two independent samples to determine if there is a difference in their population mean ranks.