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question 46

Multiple Choice

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Seven board members of a company must decide between two other board members (A and B) for a certain position. The voters are concerned with two issues and their ideal points are represented as ordered pairs: (1, 4) , (2, 3) , (5, 2) , (6, 3) , (6, 1) , (4, 4) , and (3, 3) . Assume that A and B announce policy positions of (1, 1) and (6, 4) , respectively.
-Which candidate would win the election based on ideal points?

• A) A
• B) B

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Definitions:

Treatment Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects who receive the treatment or intervention under study.

Placebo Group

A control group in an experiment that receives an inert treatment or substance (placebo) to compare against the effects of the active treatment on the experimental group.

Independent Random Samples

This term describes a statistical method in which each member of a set has an equal probability of being chosen, and the selection of one member is made without influencing the selection of any other member.

Significance Level

The threshold at which researchers decide whether an effect or result observed in data is statistically significant, commonly set at 0.05 or 5%.