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The Discipline of Economics Is Largely Based on Encouraging Individuals

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The discipline of economics is largely based on encouraging individuals to engage in certain activities and discouraging them from engaging in others.Why is encouraging or discouraging individuals through incentives so important?


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Sample Proportions

The ratio of members within a sample that satisfy a given characteristic, often used to estimate the proportion of the characteristic in the entire population.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used in constructing confidence intervals around a sample statistic to estimate the population parameter.

Test Statistic

A metric deduced from a sample's data in the process of hypothesis testing, which aids in determining the rejection of the null hypothesis.

P-value

The probability of observing a statistic at least as extreme as the one observed if the null hypothesis is true.

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