When Constructing an Economic Model, Economists

question 129

Multiple Choice

When constructing an economic model, economists

• A)rely mostly on their own value judgments and ignore the far more complex world of facts
• B)always try to duplicate reality by including all available information
• C)use assumptions that are true for the individual but never true for the whole economy
• D)must rely on simplifying assumptions that abstract from the complexity of the real world
• E)are primarily concerned with making realistic assumptions

Grasp the fundamentals of nerve tissue organization and nerve impulses.

Understand the concept and identification of outliers using z-scores.

Interpret and calculate quartiles and percentiles in data sets.

Distinguish between symmetric and skewed distributions.

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