Which of the following can be considered as a normative statement.normative means what ought to be as opposed

Question

to a positive which means with what is.

so with that being said, which one of these statements is a normative statement.

a-the price of gasoline is too high

b- when the price of gasoline rises, transportation costs rise

c- the current high price of gasoline is the result of strong worldwide demand

d- when the price of gasoline rises, the quantity of gas purchased falls

Answer 1

A) the price of gasoline is TOO high.

the TOO makes the statement normative.

the rest are positive statements.

Answer 2

A is  a normative statement because of the phrase 'too high'. There is a value judgement in the statement because of the phrase.

Other options are positive statement