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ECON Ch2
Question | Answer |
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Causation means... | one event brings about another event |
Correlation means... | one event is observed to occur along with another |
To determine causality in sciences, researchers... | perform controlled experiments |
Experimental economics... | uses laboratory experiments to analyze economic behavior |
Economic models explain... | human behavior |
Macroeconomics is focused on... | the economy as a whole, focuses on variables such as GDP growth and unemployment. |
Microeconomics is focused on... | examines individual decision-making at firms and households and the way they interact in specific industries and markets. |
Two variables are negatively correlated if... | the value of one increases as the other decreases |
Two variables are positively correlated if... | the value of one decreases as the other decreases |
Ceteris paribus means... | all other things equal - keeping all variables constant when one variable is changed |