Students in a school system with scores below 70 on a diagnostic test are required to attend an early morning math program. At the end of the year, researchers compared the math grades for these students with those of students who scored 70 or above on the initial diagnostic test, controlling statistically for diagnostic test score. This type of research uses

a. Propensity score matching
b. Instrumental variables
c. Regression discontinuity
d. Difference-in-differences


c. Regression discontinuity

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a. leaders of just another interest group. b. central actors in the economy. c. more powerful than government elites. d. talented and resourceful individuals.

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Explain the budget process.

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of these was a consequence of the one-party system that existed in Texas until the 1970s?

a. Voter turnout was very low. b. Elections were decided in the Democratic primary. c. Party labels told voters little about the ideology of candidates. d. Parties were unable to overcome the constitutional fragmentation of power. e. All of these were consequences.

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