An economist has developed a model to explain the relationship between people losing their jobs and the frequency with which individuals experience severe emotional distress. The study is limited to urban areas with large populations, and uses information supplied by people meeting with local counselors for treatment. The study supports a theory that job loss can play a key role in explaining who will experience severe emotional distress.
-To say that job loss plays a key role in determining who experiences severe emotional distress:
A) is a conclusion of the model.
B) cannot be challenged since that is what the model shows.
C) can, on the basis of this model, be said to be true for people regardless of where they live.
D) all of the above.

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The statement that job loss plays a key role in determining who experiences severe emotional distress is a conclusion drawn from the economist's model, which is based on the relationship observed in urban areas between job loss and severe emotional distress.

An Economist Has Developed a Model to Explain the Relationship