Indicate whether each of the following news items is a positive or a normative statement.
1. teenagers shouldn't be permitted to buy cigarettes.
2. nuclear energy is cleaner than coal and oil based energy.
3. we need more police on inner dash city streets.
4. netflix original programming is better than network tv shows. statement 1 is a statement, and statement 2 is a statement.
a. positive; positive
b. positive; normative
c. normative; normative
d. normative; positive
statement 3 is a statement, and statement 4 is a statement.
a. normative; normative
b. positive; positive
c. normative; positive
d. positive; normative

Positive statements are statements that describe things as they are, based on empirical evidence. Normative statements describe whether something is good or bad, desirable or undesirable. They can be recommendatios or opinions, or both at the same time.

1. Teenagers shouldn't be permitted to buy cigarettes - Normative statement. It finds teenage smoking as undesirable.

2. Nuclear energy is cleaner than coal and oil based energy - Postive statement. It is describing a fact, not explicitely saying whether nuclear energy is better or not (even if implicitily it might be saying so).

3. We need more police on inner dash city streets - Normative statement. This statement is finding that more police is desirable.

4. Netflix original programming is better than network TV shows - Normative statement. It is giving an opinion, but it's still a positive statement.

answer; test-retest;

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

4 i really dont know