The Lack of Progress in Reducing the Poverty Rate Since

question 1

Multiple Choice

The lack of progress in reducing the poverty rate since the early 1970s is most closely related with which of the following factors?

• A)increasing income inequality
• B)a reduction in the poverty line
• C)rapid economic growth
• D)a reduction in international trade

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Definitions:

Median

The middle value in a data set, which separates the higher half from the lower half.

Unimodal

Refers to a distribution that has a single peak or mode.

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, effectively dividing the distribution into two equal halves.

Mean

In statistics, it refers to the average value in a data set, calculated by summing all the numbers and dividing by the count of these numbers.