In Recent Years,Statistics Canada Has Released Two Special (Supplementary)unemployment Rates

question 204

Multiple Choice

In recent years,Statistics Canada has released two special (supplementary) unemployment rates that include estimates of the number of discouraged and part-time workers.The official unemployment rate,along with the two supplementary rates,is shown in the chart for the period 1997 to 2006.

-Critics have argued that Canada's official unemployment rate,as shown in the chart,greatly _________ the extent of "true" unemployment in the country because __________ and __________ who want full-time employment are excluded from those counted as unemployed.

• A) underestimates;discouraged workers;involuntary part-time workers
• B) overestimates;discouraged workers;involuntary part-time workers
• C) underestimates;involuntary part-time workers;seasonally unemployed workers
• D) underestimates;discouraged workers;temporarily laid-off workers
• E) underestimates;involuntary unemployed workers;temporarily laid-off workers

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Definitions:

Positive Association

A relationship between two variables where an increase in one variable tends to occur with an increase in the other.

Little or No Association

A term describing a weak or non-existent relationship between two variables in a statistical analysis.

Moderately Strong Association

A term describing a fair level of correlation between two variables, indicating that as one variable changes, the other tends to change in a predictable pattern.

Linear Association

A relationship between two variables where changes in the value of one variable are proportionally linked to changes in the value of another variable.