Which of the following is the correct term to describe an organization created to seek benefits on behalf of groups or persons who are in some way incapacitated or otherwise unable to represent their own interests?
a. political action committees
b. advocacy groups
c. labor unions
d. professional associations
e. common cause groups
b
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D. all of these can be performed on ratio-level data. A characteristic that doesn't change across cases is known as a/an ______.
A. variable B. constant C. operation D. scale
Which of the following is true of "wall in the head"?
A. It refers to the difference in mentalities between people living in Western and Eastern Germany. B. It refers to the political cleavage created between the Nazis and those who they sought to exterminate. C. It refers to the changed citizenship policies that were implemented after the merger of East Germany and West Germany. D. It refers to the obstacles that were faced by the targets of the Anti-Semetic approach adopted by Germany during the war. E. It refers to the ideology that was used to inspire nationalism during the Nazi regime.
The positive electoral effect of a popular president on congressional candidates of the president's party is called
A) the coattail effect. B) the electoral advantage. C) a rollover effect. D) the affiliation effect. E) the mandate effect.
Which of the following best reflects the reason why Literary Digest was incorrect in its prediction of the 1936 presidential election?
A. Its readers were asked to guess as to the outcome, rather than offering up their own opinions. B. It had not obtained a random sample of the population. C. Its readers were generally wealthy and not reflective of the population at large. D. Its readers were asked to guess as to the outcome, rather than offering up their own opinions, and it had not obtained a random sample of the population. E. It had not obtained a random sample of the population, and its readers were generally wealthy and not reflective of the population at large.