Discussion Question #1 View the following media clips below and consider how experience, culture, and language can impact the way a person takes a test.  How is bias in testing more harmful than good, and how does it benefit the test maker to be aware of bias?  How do diversity, inclusivity, and equity impact testing?  Answer the responses of 2 of your classmates. https://youtu.be/KcuSAN2O55c https://youtu.be/q6eajRFCI5U reply to 2 ppl Samantha Bowen #1 Experience culture and language impacts the way a person takes a test tremendously and is extremely harmful while as biased testing is worse. Shown in the good times video because of there was no representation of his culture and/or experience  this goes on to . This goes on to him not passing well because of him not seeing any of his culture. In different strokes the children thought they was stupid because they didn’t get the concept of the question. They most likely went off their past experience instead of their current experience that they living. If they had the common knowledge they would have been able to answer the question. Rekiah #2 Bias Testing in more harmful than it is good. I say this because most students are good at things that they can relate to. Depicted in the clip " A Different Strokes" the children seen themselves as being stupid because they did not understand the concept of the what the test was asking. If the students knew or had the proper tools such as the critical thinking then they would have known how to answer the questions, because lack of critical thinking skills even placed in a different environment. In"Good Time" the youngest boy intentionally fail the test because he knew that he felt that the test was unfair to all the other blacks students in the community with their being different in the way the culture speaks a understand things. I seen no matter the environment there is still an issue the skills are not being taught if the test makes feel that the information is something they just would know. This goes in hand with the different learning styles. All children of all colors retain information different. This will continue to be harmful until teachers and the test makers understand that learning styles are different just like the different styles of people. Discussion Question #2 Last week we covered Chapter 7, the “Cost of Doing Business”.  In summary, the chapter described and explained how businesses determine total cost (total expenses) in operating a business. The objective of every business is to maximize profit and create value for the owner(s). The most efficient and effective method for any business in achieving profit maximization is to minimize total cost or total expenses and maximize total revenue.   This week our discussion will shift to “Market Structure”.  Market structure describes the behavior of businesses to generate profit. Economists have grouped business operations in markets into four categories; Perfect Competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic-Competition and Oligapoly market structures. Each market structure has distinct characteristics. These market structures are covered in chapters 8, 9 and 10.   The following is an overview and a description of each market structure: (1) Perfect Competition market structure; illustrates a market structure in which there are several firms selling similar and identical products and no company controls or dominate the market price. The price is determined by the market. (2) Monopoly market structure; a market structure in which one company dominates the entire market and controls the market price. (3) Monopolistic-Competition market structure; a market structure in which there are several firms selling similar but “not identical” (differentiated), products and the firms have some influence over the market price due to their product differentiation. (4) Oligagpoly market structure; a market structure in which two or more large companies selling similar and differentiated products dominate the market as a group.   Discussion Topic In your experience and observation of the general market, can you identify two companies locally or nationally you can associate with any of these market structures?  Hint: How would you classify the market structures in which these companies operate? Google, Microsoft, Apple, Face Book, T-Mobile, Kroger, Target, McDonald’s and Walmart. Select any two or three companies of your choice and describe the market structure in which each company operates. Note this discussion will close at midnight Wednesday, March 10.