Which of the Following Is a Normative Statement

question 152

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a normative statement?

• A)The U.S.rate of unemployment was lower in 2004 than it was in 1994.
• B)Savings accounts earn interest, whereas checking accounts do not.
• C)Congress must recognize that the growing national debt is the most serious problem that the country faces.
• D)The unemployment rate increases when the percentage of the labor force without jobs increases.
• E)The unemployment rate among teenagers is higher than the rate among adults.

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Definitions:

Probability Distribution

Describes how the probabilities are distributed over the values of a random variable.

Expected Value

The expected value of a variable, determined by summing up all possible values, each weighed by its probability of happening.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used to make inferences about the population.

Variance

A measure of the spread of numbers in a data set, indicating how far each number in the set is from the mean.