Positive & normative statements

Q6(d) Explain how positive statements differ from normative ones in economics, drawing illustrations from Extract A or Extract B.

Q9 Explain how value judgements differ from testable claims, using a climate disaster cost figure and a polluter-pays opinion survey.

Q4(a) Identify whether each of two statements about Finnish school class sizes is positive or normative.

Q3(b) Pick out, from four given statements, the one that counts as positive rather than normative economics.

Q1(a) Distinguish positive from normative statements, illustrating each with an example taken from Extract A on Autumn 2022 UK fiscal policy.

Q4(a) Using a vaccination claim as the example, explain how positive and normative statements differ.

Q12(b) Using the headings of Extracts A and B, set out how positive and normative statements differ.

Q1(a) Identify whether each of two statements about Polish emigration since 2004 is positive or normative.

Q1 Given one statement about Swiss single-use plastic bag consumption falling 80% after a tax and one that shops should be forced to charge, identify which is positive and which is normative.

Q8 Using two claims about worldwide subsidies for renewable and non-renewable energy, explain how positive and normative statements differ.

Q12(b) Explain what makes a statement positive in economics, drawing two illustrations from the plastics extracts.

Q6(a) Using Extract A on UK energy and telecoms, distinguish a positive statement from a normative one.

Q1 Given one statement about Kenyan healthcare spending being 8% of the budget and one that African countries should spend 15%, identify which is positive and which is normative.

Q1(a) Identify whether each of two statements about Cuba's healthcare system is positive or normative.