The Concept "Efficiency" Has Quite Different Meanings for Economists (Money

question 7

Multiple Choice

The concept "efficiency" has quite different meanings for economists (money out/money in) , biologists (energy out/energy in) , and political scientists
(influence exerted/political capital expended) (Newell, 2001, p. 19) .
From this statement, we should deduce

• A) That as interdisciplinarians we must often bring out common meanings, making them applicable to different texts and contexts.
• B) It is impossible to integrate insights from economics, biology, and political science because the vocabulary cannot be integrated.
• C) Economists, Biologists, and Political Scientists cannot define words accurately.

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