A Demand Characteristic Is

question 5

Multiple Choice

A demand characteristic is:

• A)A personality trait that makes a participant likely to find an experiment too demanding.
• B)When a person responds in an experiment in a way that is consistent with their beliefs about how the experimenter would like them to behave.
• C)When the experimenter's behaviour affects the results of an experiment.
• D)A personality trait that affects the results of an experiment in an undesirable way.

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Definitions:

Economic Analysis

The systematic approach to determining the optimum use of scarce resources, involving comparison of two or more alternatives in achieving a specific objective.

Poverty

The state of being extremely poor, where individuals or communities lack the financial resources to meet basic living needs.

Marginal Cost

The price of generating one more unit of a product or service.

Economic Loss

The difference between what is actually earned and what could have been earned in the best alternative scenario.