Econometrics is the branch of economics that _____.?
A. ?studies the behavior of individual economic agents in making economic decisions
B. ?develops and uses statistical methods for estimating economic relationships
C. ?deals with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of an economy as a whole
D. ?applies mathematical methods to represent economic theories and solve economic problems
Answer: B
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