If Luis Makes $50,000 Per Year as a Computer Programmer

question 52

Multiple Choice

If Luis makes $50,000 per year as a computer programmer and pays $6,000 in taxes while Hector makes $50,000 per year as a roofing contractor and pays $7,000 in taxes, this is an example of

• A) A regressive tax system.
• B) Horizontal inequity.
• C) A flat tax.
• D) Vertical inequity.

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary, often related to the number of independent observations in a dataset.

ANOVA

Acronym for Analysis of Variance, a statistical technique used to compare the means of three or more samples.

5 × 4 Factorial ANOVA

A type of factorial analysis of variance that involves two independent variables with 5 levels for the first and 4 levels for the second, analyzing the effect of these variables on a dependent variable.

Subjects

Individuals or entities that participate in a research study.