The Quality of a Discussion Often Depends on How Closely

question 32

Short Answer

The quality of a discussion often depends on how closely the parties attend to the same issue.For the passage below,determine whether the speakers are clearly disputing the same issue,or whether somebody is missing the point.
a:The banking industry is going the same direction as the savings and loan industry.If the government deregulates banks the way it did the S&Ls,taxpayers will have another financial disaster on their hands.
b:The whole regulatory system is archaic,and it oppresses innovation and initiative.If the banks aren't deregulated,they're going to be creating a financial disaster anyway.

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Definitions:

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values in a population.

Sample Size

The number of observations or entities considered in a statistical sample.

Standard Error

A measure of the statistical accuracy of an estimate, calculated from the standard deviation of a series of estimates.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points in a population.