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| positive economics definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | the part of economics involving what are established facts; the analysis of facts or data to establish scientific generalizations about economic behavior | 4 sets | |
| 2 | economics that state what is | 3 sets | |
| 3 | an approach to economics that seeks to understand behavior and the operation of systems without making judgments. it describes what exists and how it works. | 3 sets | |
| 4 | analysis that is strictly limited to making either purely descriptive statements or scientific predictions; for example, "if a, then b." a statement of what is | 2 sets | |
| 5 | the analysis of facts or data to establish scientific generalizations about economic behavior | 2 sets | |
| 6 | the branch of economic analysis that describes the way the economy actually works | 2 sets | |
| 7 | economic analysis that offers cause and effect explanations of economic relations, principles can be confirmed or refuted by data | 2 sets | |
| 8 | focuses on facts in the economy | 1 set | |
| 9 | the branch of economic analysis that describes the way the economy actually works. | 1 set | |
| 10 | focuses on facts and cause-and-effect relationships, avoids value judgments, and deals with what the economy is actually like. it deals more with "what is" | 1 set | |
| 11 | the branch of economics that tries to explain the way the economy actually operates. it is the application of the scientific method and the process of testing hypothesis. this statement can be refuted by looking at the real world, that is testing hypotheses. is the consequence of applying the scientific method to economic phenomena. | 1 set | |
| 12 | tries to describe the economy and predict its behavior | 1 set | |
| 13 | focuses on facts and cause and effect relationships; includes description, theory development, and theory testing | 1 set | |
| 14 | attempts to describe what is, what was, or what will be | 1 set | |
| 15 | focuses on facts and cause-effect relationships. testable theories (by scientific method). critical to good policy analysis. | 1 set | |
| 16 | the study of what is. this type of economics is descriptive, deductive, and scientifically factual. | 1 set | |
| 17 | analysis that attempts to explain how an economic system works or to predict how it will change over time | 1 set | |
| 18 | the branch of economic analysis that describes how economics works in reality | 1 set | |
| 19 | focus on facts/ cause and effect relationships description, theory develop, theory testing | 1 set | |
| 20 | analysis that is strictly limited to making either purely descriptive statements or scientific predictions; what is | 1 set | |
| 21 | describing what is; economic facts | 1 set | |
| 22 | the branch of economics analysis that describes the way the economy actually words | 1 set | |
| 23 | analysis that tries to answer questions about the way the world works, which have definite right and wrong answers | 1 set | |
| 24 | part of the economy dealing with quesitons that can be resolved by an appeal to the fact (deals with "what is") | 1 set | |
| 25 | economics that describes how the economy behaves and predicts how it might change- for instance, in response to some policy change | 1 set | |
| 26 | a subset of economics that analyzes the way the economy actually operates | 1 set | |
| 27 | focuses on the facts and cause-and-effect relationships. includes description, theory development, and theory testing. what is. | 1 set | |
| 28 | economic analysts that offers cause-and-effect explanations of economic relationships; the propositions, or hypotheses, that emerge from positive economics can, in principle, be confirmed or refuted by data; in principle, data can also be used to measure the magnitude of effects predicted by positive economics. | 1 set | |
| 29 | descriptive, attempts to be value free, what if? | 1 set | |
| 30 | what is | 1 set | |
| 31 | an approach to economics that seeks to understand behavior and the operation of systems without making judgments. it describes what exists and how it works | 1 set | |
| 32 | the scientific study of "what is" among economic relationships. (what is) | 1 set | |
| 33 | analysis that is strictly limited to making either purely descriptive statements or scientific predictions; for example, "if a then b." a statement of what is. | 1 set | |
| 34 | the scientific study of what is among economic relationships | 1 set | |
| 35 | attempts to determine what is. cause/effect relationships that can be tested. tests by facts what an effect will be from a given cause. | 1 set | |
| 36 | the analysis of facts or data to establish scientific generalizations about economic behavior (what is) | 1 set | |
| 37 | focuses on facts and cause&effect relationships | 1 set | |
| 38 | the study of what is and how the economy works | 1 set | |
| 39 | deals with what is or what will be; a fact or statement | 1 set | |
| 40 | economic analysis that offers cause-and-effect explanations of economic relationships; | 1 set | |