Adam Smith's Term, "The Invisible Hand, " Refers to

question 146

Multiple Choice

Adam Smith's term, "the invisible hand, " refers to

• A)the hidden role of government in setting regulations that govern trading in markets
• B)the most capable entrepreneurs in the economy
• C)market forces
• D)the unseen work of the financial markets that facilitates trade
• E)the role of technological change and random events in the economy

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Definitions:

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, typically the mean, reflecting the variation of the sampling statistic over different samples.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, obtained by dividing the sum of these numbers by their quantity.

Z-statistic

A statistic used to determine the difference between an observed statistic and its hypothesized population parameter, measured in units of the standard deviation.

Two-tailed Test

A statistical test hypothesis that allows for the possibility of an effect in two directions, either greater than or less than.