Explain Why It Is Important to Differentiate Between the "Number

question 109

Essay

Explain why it is important to differentiate between the "number of unskilled workers" and the "number of unskilled labor hours" when evaluating the impact on the market for unskilled labor of an increase in minimum wage.

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Definitions:

P-value

The likelihood of encountering experimental results that are at least as significant as the actually observed results, given the null hypothesis is assumed to be accurate.

Pooled Variance

A method used in statistics to combine variances from two or more groups to estimate a common variance when they are assumed to be equal.

Independent Samples

Samples drawn from two populations in such a way that the selection of a sample from one population does not influence the selection of a sample from the other population.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that estimates the accuracy of a sample mean by describing the dispersion of sample means around the population mean.