When Economists Are Trying to Help Improve the World,they Are

question 39

Multiple Choice

When economists are trying to help improve the world,they are

• A)in the realm of positive economics rather than normative economics.
• B)in the realm of macroeconomics rather than microeconomics.
• C)scientists.
• D)policy advisers.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution or in the calculation of a statistic.

Interval Estimate

Interval Estimate refers to a range of values, derived from sample statistics, used to estimate a population parameter.

Standard Error

Measures the accuracy with which a sample represents a population, showing the dispersion of sample means around the true population mean.

Test Statistic

A standardized value derived from sample data during a hypothesis test that is used to determine the p-value or to compare against the critical value.