Differences in Scientific Judgement Between Economists Is Similar to All

question 426

Multiple Choice

Differences in scientific judgement between economists is similar to all of the following except

• A) astronomers debating whether the sun or earth was at the center of the solar system.
• B) meteorologists debating the existence of global warming.
• C) two politicians arguing about the fairness of the tax code.
• D) explorers debating whether or not the earth was flat before the time of Christopher Columbus.

Recognize the importance of environmental factors and community infrastructure in disease prevention.

Understand the historical development of public health initiatives and their impact on community health.

Analyze the role of government and non-governmental organizations in the advancement of public health.

Identify key figures and their contributions to public health and nursing.

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

Variables in statistical or mathematical modeling that are manipulated or changed to assess their effect on dependent variables.

Dependent Variables

Variables in an experiment or study whose changes depend on the effects of other variables (independent variables).

Exponential Smoothing

A weighted moving average forecasting technique in which data points are weighted by an exponential function.

Simple Moving Average

A statistical method used to analyze data points by creating a series of averages of different subsets of the full data set.