The General Answer to the Question of Choosing the Scale

question 14

Multiple Choice

The general answer to the question of choosing the scale of the variables is

• A)dependent on you whim.
• B)to make the regression results easy to read and to interpret.
• C)to ensure that the regression coefficients always lie between -1 and 1.
• D)irrelevant because regardless of the scale of the variable, the regression coefficient is unaffected.

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Definitions:

Increasing Demand

A situation where the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy increases, often due to factors like rising incomes, changes in tastes, or lower prices of the product.

Allocative Efficiency

A state of resource allocation where it is impossible to make any one individual better off without making at least one individual worse off.

Productive Efficiency

A condition in which an economy or entity is utilizing all its resources efficiently, producing maximum output for a given set of inputs without waste.

Demand (D)

The quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to purchase at various prices during a certain period of time.