What Economic Changes Have Highlighted the 1980s and 1990s? How

question 106

Essay

What economic changes have highlighted the 1980s and 1990s? How have those changes altered American society?

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Definitions:

Quasi-Experiment

A research design that attempts to establish a cause-and-effect relationship but lacks the random assignment of subjects to experimental and control groups.

Control Group

In experimental research, the group of participants that does not receive the intervention being tested, used as a benchmark to measure the effect of the intervention.

Independent Variable

A variable that is manipulated to determine its effects on a dependent variable in an experiment.

Experiment

Rigorously controlled, replicable procedure in which the researcher manipulates variables to assess the effect of one on the other.