You Want to Find Out If People Actually Throw Their

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Essay

You want to find out if people actually throw their trash after they eat inside a fast-food restaurant.Describe the non-experimental research method that would be the BEST to use in this situation, how you would conduct this study, and list an advantage and a disadvantage of this method.

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Definitions:

Public Good

A product or service that is provided without profit to all members of a society, either by the government or a private individual or organization.

Nonexcludable

A characteristic of a good where it is not possible to prevent individuals from accessing or consuming the good.

Nonrival Consumption

A situation where one individual's consumption of a good does not reduce the amount available for consumption by others.

Private Goods

Goods that are excludable and rivalrous in consumption, meaning they can only be used by one person at a time.