The Ability to Make a Causal Inference Between Two Variables

question 119

True/False

The ability to make a causal inference between two variables is a function of the statistical techniques one uses,not the research design used to generate the data that are analyzed by those statistical techniques.

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Federal Budget

An estimate of government expenditures and revenues for a specific fiscal year, as determined by the President and Congress in the United States.

Aggregate Demand

The total demand for all goods and services within a particular market or economy.

Aggregate Supply

The total supply of goods and services that firms in a national economy plan on selling during a specific time period.

Equilibrium GDP

The level of Gross Domestic Product at which total production equals total spending, indicating a state of economic balance without tendency to change.