Total Output in an Economy Increases When Each Person Specializes

question 61

Multiple Choice

Total output in an economy increases when each person specializes because

• A)there is less competition for the same resources.
• B)each person spends more time producing that product in which he or she has a comparative advantage.
• C)a wider variety of products will be produced within each country due to specialization.
• D)government necessarily plays a larger role in the economy due to specialization.

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Definitions:

Parametric Analysis

A type of analysis where the data is assumed to fit a certain distribution or parameters, such as the normal distribution.

Nonparametric Methods

Statistical methods that are not based on parameterized families of probability distributions, used when data doesn't fit the assumptions of parametric methods.

Functioning Time

The period which a system or device is operational and performs its intended function without failure.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A non-parametric test that is utilized to ascertain if statistically meaningful differences exist among two or more categories of an independent variable concerning a continuous or ordinal dependent variable.