What describes the pattern of interest group involvement in electoral activities in Texas?
A. Interest groups are primarily concerned with supporting their "friends" rather than with ideological purity.
B. Interest groups typically focus on a wide range of political issues.
C. Interest groups spread their support widely across all legislators evenly.
D. Interest groups regularly run candidates for office under the groups' labels.
Answer: A
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One formidable barrier to PAC influence is ______.
A. the express prohibition in the Constitution against PACs contributing money to politicians B. many issues generate conflicts among interests so politicians have access to PAC money no matter what side they take C. the press keeps such a close watch on the financial activity of PACs and politicians and it is very hard to buy real influence D. the complicated reported and filing requirements of the Internal Revenue Service
Discuss James Madison's views on factions, as expressed in Federalist No. 10, and how he would respond to the tremendous growth in the number of interest groups actively lobbying in Washington, D.C., over the past several decades
What will be an ideal response?
What is the main advantage of computer-based content analysis?
a.) volume b.) assessment of biases c.) sophisticated scaling d.) assessment of meaning
The following results were obtained from a regression of n = 39 records of millions of dollars of grants received by academics based on their number of publications, years of experience, and the size of the department in which they work.
a. Fill in the blanks in the ANOVA table.
b. What is the value of r2?
c. Test the null hypothesis that r2= 0 by comparing the F-statistic from the table with its critical value.
d. What do you conclude from the variance inflation factors (VIFs)? What, if any, modification would you suggest in light of these values?
e. What is the predicted grant-based income of an academic with 8 publications and 10 years of experience, working in a department with 9 staff members? We can calculate
y = 0.004 * 8 + 0.119 * 10 - 0.006 * 9 - 0.127
= 1.041