Problem definition involves ______.
A. defining and measuring the scope of a societal problem.
B. political influence on how the problem is framed.
C. conducting or reviewing research that documents a societal problem.
D. all of these
D. all of these
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A sports psychologist develops a new technique that might improve accuracy in shooting free throws in school children
To test her technique she arranges to give the new program to a girls' physical education class and the standard technique to the boys' physical education class. She finds that indeed the girls' accuracy in shooting improved more than the boys' accuracy. A colleague correctly points out a. that as this was an experiment the new technique caused the observed differences. b. that gender was an extraneous variable that was held constant. c. that the experiment is confounded by gender and is therefore inconclusive. d. that the results were actually caused by gender and not the technique.
What is notable about PACs that have organized to serve the interests of the poor and underprivileged in American society?
a. They have influence that is disproportionate to their numbers in society. - b. They have far more success when playing the inside game than the outside game. c. The fact that they are nearly absent in American politics. d. The fact that they are much more successful in lobbying the executive branch than Congress.
Terrorists are most likely to target which of the following?
a. elected officials b. members of the military c. civilians d. bureaucrats
Liens and garnishments are examples of
a. pretrial motions. b. reasons for excluding jurors. c. methods of enforcing judgments. d. methods of discovery.