A Researcher Gives the Experimental Group Ginkgo Biloba and the Control

question 67

Multiple Choice

A researcher gives the experimental group ginkgo biloba and the control group a placebo. In this example, what the groups receive is the ______ variable.

• A) sample
• B) independent
• C) dependent
• D) experimental

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Definitions:

Per-worker Production

A measure of productivity calculated by dividing the total output by the number of workers.

Production Possibilities Frontier

A curve depicting all maximum output possibilities for two goods, given a set of inputs and production technology.

Economic Growth

An increase in the production of goods and services in an economy over a period of time, often measured by GDP.

Simon Kuznets

Simon Kuznets was a Nobel Prize-winning economist known for his work on economic growth and for developing the concept of Gross National Product (GNP).