Policies that seek to shift resources from the “haves” to the “have-nots” are known as ______.
a. redistributive
b. distributive
c. regulatory
d. subsidies
e. superfunds
a. redistributive
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With regard to the effect of direct democracy on public policy, all of the following are true EXCEPT a. direct democracy makes policies more representative of what people want and always leads to better publicpolicy
b. when voters are allowed to make direct choices on policies they sometimes make decisions that their electedrepresentatives would not. c. the biggest policy effects of direct democracy may be in the realm of governance policy. d. the mere presence of the initiative process can affect public policy by changing how legislators behave.
One practical issue in internet-based research is that
a. displays of the research web page might be very different for people on different types of computers and other electronic devices. b. sample sizes might become so large that the study becomes impractical to conduct. c. it is very difficult to create good descriptions of internet based research because it reaches so many people. d. it is almost impossible to guarantee that participation in such research will be anonymous and confidential.
In a nonequivalent control-group design, if the experimental and control groups are equivalent at pretest and the experimental group shows a large change while the control group does NOT change from pretest to posttest, you might conclude that
A) there is an effect of the independent variable. B) there is an effect of the dependent variable. C) the changes are due to selection. D) Both A and C
State party affairs are governed largely by the ________
A. elected executive officials of the state B. decisions of the state's executive party members C. U.S. constitution D. laws of the states