Which of the Following People Is Most Likely to Be

question 172

Multiple Choice

Which of the following people is most likely to be structurally unemployed?

• A)Brendan left his job as a short-order cook in New Jersey to become a short-order cook in Madrid, New Mexico.He was unemployed for six weeks during the transition.
• B)Mildred quit her job after giving birth to a child.
• C)Clem, a skilled corset maker, lost his job when his factory shut down due to a permanent reduction in the demand for corsets.
• D)Danielle lost her job when the electronics assembly plant was shut down temporarily due to low product sales in a slumping economy.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement in statistics that there is no effect or no difference, serving as the starting point for hypothesis testing.

One-Tailed Hypothesis

A directional hypothesis that specifies an expected direction of the effect or relationship between variables.

Correlation

A statistical measure that indicates the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together, showing the strength and direction of their relationship.

Significant Correlation

A relationship between variables that is strong enough to not be attributed to chance, according to statistical tests.