Elaine Is Interpreting Her Data and Realizes That the Amount

question 24

Multiple Choice

Elaine is interpreting her data and realizes that the amount of time she spent at one of the schools is substantially smaller and that she has very little data from that site. She believes it is because she did not 'click' with the principal of one of the five schools she is studying and therefore that school is not well represented in her data.
-Elaine is potentially experiencing an example of

• A) response bias.
• B) observer bias.
• C) observer effect.
• D) negative case effect.

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Definitions:

Marginal Product

The additional output gained by employing one more unit of input, such as labor or capital.

Marginal Product

The extra output that is produced by using one more unit of a factor, such as labor or capital, while keeping other factors constant.

Ceteris Paribus

A Latin phrase meaning "all other things being equal," used in economics to isolate the effect of one variable.

Production

The process of combining various material inputs and immaterial inputs (plans, know-how) to make something for consumption.