Consider a course with 40? students, some of whom are confused after the professor explains a concept. The professor? doesn't know whether students are? confused, but will clarify the concept if one student asks a question. A student who asks a questionlong dashand reveals his or her confusionlong dashloses 8 utils. When the professor clarifies the concept in response to a? question, each confused student gets a benefit of 1 util.

Ch 15 Homework. Please Help


a. A question from a confused student will be socially efficient if

9

students in the classroom are confused. (Enter your response as an  integer.)

b. In the absence of participation  incentives, will a confused student ask a question when it would be socially efficient to do  so?

No

c. Which of the following incentive systems would be most likely to generate efficient  questioning? ANSER IS D, ALL OF THE ABOVE FOR THIS

A.

Confused students who do not ask the question must compensate the confused student who does ask the question.

B.

Confused students agree to take turns asking questions.

Your answer is not correct.

C.

Confused students appeal to each  other's sense of civic or moral responsibility.

D.

All of the above.

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