Political scientists conclude a relationship statistically significant when there is a 5% chance or less that a(n) _____ has been committed.

a. ecological fallacy
b. Type I error
c. Type II error
d. spurious relationship


b. Type I error

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Why does the U.S. political system fail to produce a major third party?

A. multi-member districts and a proportional voting system B. single-member districts and a nonpartisan blanket primary system C. multi-member districts and a plurality (first-past-the-post) voting system D. single-member districts and a plurality (first-past-the-post) voting system

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Which of the following is true of the Articles of Confederation?

A. They enumerated the powers to be exercised by Congress. B. They did not allow the United States to own the Northwest Territory. C. They created a federal system, an alternative to a confederal system. D. They did not allow for a sufficiently strong central government. E. They specified the constitutional basis for the implied powers of the national government.

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Dr. Drinkwater wants to describe what it is like to be Amish in the 21st century. He has befriended several members of a local Amish community who have invited him to come and live with them for the year

The best approach to this study would be to do a. a phenomenological study. b. an ethnographic study. c. a collective case study. d. a correlational study.

Political Science

Although ?white Americans do not know what it is like to be black, _____ of whites report being satisfied with society's treatment of blacks

A) ?20% B) ?28% C) ?39% D) ?41% E) 67%

Political Science