All Gini Coefficients Must Lie Between 0 and 1

question 151

Multiple Choice

All Gini coefficients must lie between 0 and 1.The lower the value,

• A)the more unequal the income distribution.
• B)the closer the income distribution is to being equal.
• C)the greater the degree of poverty.
• D)the lower the degree of poverty according to the federal government's definition of poverty.

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Definitions:

Sequential Order

The arrangement of objects, actions, or events in a specific, logical sequence, one following another.

Superego

In psychoanalytic theory, the part of the psyche that operates as a moral conscience.

Castration Anxiety

A concept in psychoanalytic theory describing a child's fear of bodily loss or damage, particularly the fear of losing the genitals, related to feelings of parental authority and sexual identity.

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory proposing a child's unconscious sexual desire for the opposite-sex parent and jealousy towards the same-sex parent.