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xiv PREFACE
Randy Grant revised Test Bank I for the seventeenth edi- Color Transparencies More than 200 new full-
tion. Test Bank II contains around 6300 multiple-choice color transparencies were prepared for the seventeenth
and true-false questions, written by William Walstad. All edition. They encompass all the figures appearing in
Test Bank I and II questions are organized by learning ob- Economics . Additionally, the figures and tables from the
jective, type, level of difficulty, relevant text page number, text are found on the Instructor’s Resource CD-ROM.
and general AACSB classifications. Test Bank III contains
more than 600 pages of short-answer questions and prob- Acknowledgments
lems created in the style of the book’s end-of-chapter
questions. Test Bank III can be used to construct student We give special thanks to Sean Masaki Flynn of Vassar for
assignments or design essay and problem exams. Suggested the two new Internet chapters and Norris Peterson of Pa-
answers to the essay and problem questions are included. cific Lutheran University and Randy Grant of Linfield
In all, more than 14,000 questions give instructors maxi- College, who created the “button” content on our Web
mum testing flexibility while ensuring the fullest possible site. We again thank James Reese of the University of
text correlation. South Carolina at Spartanburg, who wrote the original
Test Banks I and II are available in computerized EZ Internet exercises. Although many of those questions were
Test versions, as well as in MS Word. EZ Test allows pro- replaced or modified in the typical course of revision, sev-
fessors to create multiple versions of the same test by eral remain virtually unchanged. We also thank C. Nor-
scrambling questions and answer choices. The EZ Test man Hollingsworth at Georgia Perimeter College for his
software will meet the various needs of the widest spec- ever-popular and creative PowerPoint slides and Terry
trum of computer users. Test Bank III is available in printed Christesson at Clovis Community College for his Nar-
and MS Word formats. rated PowerPoint slides. Finally, we thank William Wals-
tad and Tom Barbiero (the coauthor of our Canadian
edition) for their helpful ideas and insights.
Classroom Performance Systems by eIn-
struction This is a revolutionary system that brings We are greatly indebted to an all-star group of profes-
ultimate interactivity to the classroom. CPS is a wireless sionals at McGraw-Hill—in particular Gary Burke, Lu-
response system that gives you immediate feedback from cille Sutton, Rebecca Hicks, Lori Koetters, Keith
every student in the class. CPS units include easy-to-use McPherson, Douglas Reiner, and Brent Gordon—for
software for creating and their publishing and marketing expertise. To Lucille and
delivering questions and Gary, we express our deepest gratitude for helping us keep
assessments to your class. Economics “number one” over the past 12 years.
With CPS you can ask We thank Keri Johnson for her selection of the Con-
subjective and objective sider This and Last Word photos. Keith McPherson pro-
questions. Then every vided the vibrant cover.
student responds with an The seventeenth edition has benefited from a number
individual, wireless response pad, providing instant results. of perceptive formal reviews. The contributors, listed at
CPS is the perfect tool for engaging students while gath- the end of the Preface, were a rich source of suggestions
ering important assessment data. for this revision. To each of you, and others we may have
Instructor’s can access eInstruction questions in two inadvertently overlooked, thank you for your considerable
formats—CPS and PowerPoint. Motivate student prepa- help in improving Economics .
ration, interactivity, and active learning with these lecture- Stanley L. Brue
formatted questions. Campbell R. McConnell

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