A Study Was Recently Conducted at a Major University to Estimate

question 23

Multiple Choice

A study was recently conducted at a major university to estimate the difference in the proportion of business school and non-business school graduates who go on to a higher degree programme within five years of graduation A random sample of 400 business school graduates showed that 75 had gone to graduate school, while in a random sample of 500 non-business graduates, 137 had done so. The standard error for the difference in the proportions of the two groups is

• A) 0.0279
• B) 0
• C) 0.0008
• D) 0.0865
• E) 0.1875

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Definitions:

Monopsonist Purchase

The buying activities of a market condition where only one buyer exists, affecting prices and quantities of goods.

Profit Maximizing

The process of adjusting production and sale volumes to achieve the highest possible profit, under given market conditions and constraints.

Marginal Value Curve

A graphical representation that shows how the value (or utility) of consuming an additional unit of a good or service changes as consumption increases.

Expenditure Curves

Expenditure curves represent the relationship between the quantity of goods purchased and the amount of money spent.