When Representative Barbara M. Calhoun left office in the middle of her fourth term, she did so at the behest of the president, who appointed her to be U.S. ambassador to Chile. As soon as she had accepted the post, she informed state officials in Georgia of her plans. What did they immediately organize to fill her vacant seat?
a. a midterm election
b. a primary election
c. a replacement election
d. a special election
d
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Individuals will contribute their time and money to an interest group if
A) they are paid to do so. B) they can write off the contribution on their taxes. C) the expected benefit they receive outweighs the costs. D) they can afford the membership dues. E) None of the above
If a state legislator is a member of the National Guard and is called to active military duty for more than 30 days, what will happen?
A) ?The legislator appoints a qualified replacement who must be approved by the appropriate chamber. B) ?The governor appoints a qualified replacement who must be approved by the appropriate chamber. C) ?A special committee in the appropriate chamber appoints a qualified replacement. D) ?Legislators cannot also be members of the National Guard or other military units.
Which of the following concepts is defined as the “differences between individuals on any attribute that might lead to the perception that another person is different from self”?
a. homogeneity b. diversity c. collegiality d. convergence
Factors contributing to reliability include all of the following EXCEPT
A) the precision and clarity of the operational definition of the construct. B) the care and precision with which we carry out the measures and follow procedures of the operational definition. C) the attention we pay to making sure we have a large number of participants. D) the number of independent observations on which to base the score.