Increasing the number of respondents to a poll will do which of the following?

a. It will decrease the accuracy of the poll.
b. It has no real effect on the accuracy of the poll.
c. It will increase the accuracy of the poll.
d. It will make the results more complex and difficult to interpret


c. It will increase the accuracy of the poll.

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A. prisoner's dilemma B. conformity costs C. rotation in paperwork D. red tape

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Which of the following is NOT a reason that independent agencies exist outside of Cabinet departments?

a. Some independent agencies just do not fit within any department b. Congress seeks to protect certain agencies from the influence of partisan and pressure politics c. The Constitution specifically provided for the independent existence of sone agencies d. Some agencies are independent because of the peculiar and sensitive nature of their functions

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Who led the French resistance to the Vichy regime and also designed the Fifth Republic?

a. de Gaulle b. Mitterrand c. Sarkozy d. Le Pen

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According to the text, Thomas Hobbes and David Hume

a. agreed with John Locke about natural law. b. were skeptical of human reason. c. did not think that people were passionate enough about freedom. d. were influenced by the thinking of James Madison. e. were influenced by the thinking of Alexis de Tocqueville.

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