Government bureaucracies can become large and powerful interest groups
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
TRUE
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Which of the following best describes U.S. foreign aid?
a. Americans greatly overestimate the amount that is spent on foreign aid. b. Most foreign aid programs are aimed at providing medical care and other services in less-developed nations. c. Foreign aid primarily consists of various loan programs that provide favorable interest rates and preferential trade agreements for nations that lower trade barriers. d. Foreign aid primarily consists of advice from the U.S. government to less-developed nations in Africa and Asia.
The free-rider problem occurs when a. group members take advantage of group resources as a result of contributing work, time, and effort
b. others take advantage of media coverage of the group's original goal. c. the public realizes that one person's consumption does not affect anyone else's. d. group members or others take advantage of benefits earned from the work, time, and effort that others have put forth to accomplish the group's goal.
Politically, many people want to engage in ______, which involves using knowledge of public policy to formulate and promote "good" public policies that will have the "right" goals, that is, goals that serve their purposes
a. policy advocacy b. methodological research c. policy analysis d. scientific policymaking
Which level of measurement below best describes a variable for which the assigned values represent only different categories or classifications for that variable?
a. Nominal b. Ordinal c. Interval d. Ratio