Rational Ignorance Is

question 86

Multiple Choice

Rational ignorance is

• A) a result of our educational system.
• B) the curtain,or wall,of knowledge between the persons that are educated and those that are not.
• C) the curtain behind which people choose to hide to avoid knowledge about poverty and,in general,the unequal distribution of income.
• D) the curtain separating educated voters from uneducated voters.
• E) none of the above

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Area

A measure of the extent of a surface or shape, calculated in square units.

z

A standard score that indicates how many standard deviations an element is from the mean of its distribution.

Standard Normal Random Variable

A random variable with a mean of 0 and a standard deviation of 1, following a normal distribution.

Area

The measure of the extent of a two-dimensional figure or shape in a plane.