PT152.S4.Q22

PrepTest 152 - Section 4 - Question 22

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Economist: Conclusion Gifts of cash or gift cards, which allow the recipient to choose the actual gift, are more highly valued by recipients than are gifts chosen for them by others. ██ █ ██████ ████ ██████ ████ █████ ███ ████ ████ █████ ████ ████ ███████ ██ ███ ███ █████ ██████ ███ ████ ██ ███████ ████ █████████ ██ ██████ ███████ ████ ████ ██ ███████ ████ █████ ██████████ ██ ███ ██████ █████ ██ ███ ██████

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The author concludes that cash gifts of gift cards are more highly valued by recipients than are gifts chosen for them by others. This is based on a study in which people were asked how much they would have been willing to pay for gifts chosen for them by others. People responded with amounts that were, on average, two-thirds the actual price of the gifts.

Notable Assumptions

The author assumes that the amount people state for how much they would have been willing to pay for a gift is an accurate measure of how much they value the gift.

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22.

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a

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b

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c

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d

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e

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