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Hello, we're going to talk about positive versus normative statements.
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In general, positive statements tend to be facts.
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Well, normative statements tend to be opinions.
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For example, let's look at our first example.
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A $1 tax on alcohol leads to a 20 % decrease in drinking.
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There's no opinions in this sentence.
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It just tells you a fact.
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Numbers that a $1 tax on alcohol leads to a 20 % decrease in drinking.
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So this would be a positive statement.
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The following statement, the government should spend more money on cancer research, is a normative statement.
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Normative statements sometimes are easy to spot when they contain the word should.
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Every time a statement has the word should...