Which of the Following Statements Is Most Correct

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is most correct?

• A)Corporate after-tax profits rose from $473.8 billion in 2006 to $616.2 billion in 2008.This rise coincided with the 2007-09 financial crisis.
• B)Corporate after-tax profits remained about the same at $500 million between 2006 and 2008.
• C)Corporate after-tax profits declined from $616.2 million in 2006 to $473.8 million in 2008.This decline coincided with the 2007-09 financial crisis.
• D)Corporate after-tax profits rose from $473.8 million in 2006 to $616.2 million in 2008.This rise coincided with the 2007-09 financial crisis.
• E)none of the above.

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Definitions:

Participant Bias

A type of bias that occurs when participants in a study act or respond differently because they know they are being observed.

Double-Blind Experiments

Double-Blind Experiments are studies where neither the participants nor the experimenters know who has been administered the treatment or the placebo, reducing biases.

Experimenter Bias

The influence of the experimenter’s expectations on the outcome of research.

Double-Blind Experiment

An experimental design in which neither the experimenter nor the participants are aware of which participants are in the experimental group and which are in the control group until the results are calculated.