In an attempt to reduce the use of gasoline, a city imposed a $2.50 per gallon tax on gasoline in 2005
A researcher working for the city, located data on annual gallons used for the 5 years leading up to the gas tax (to provide a baseline) and located data for the 5 years after the start of the gasoline tax (to show the consumption pattern after the tax). Which of the following best describes this study design?
a. A-B-A-B design
b. Changing-criterion design
c. Interrupted time-series design
d. Regression-discontinuity design
C
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All of the following are true of bipartisan decline during the Clinton administration except
a. Republicans had a narrow definition of national interest. b. Republicans strongly supported the use of American forces in Somalia, Bosnia, and Haiti. c. during the first term, the Clinton administration enjoyed bipartisan support on approximately one-fourth of the foreign policy issues in the House, and one-third in the Senate. d. trade was largely affected by this bipartisan divide, especially in terms of approving the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). e. Democrats largely embraced international institutions.
In a pure ______ economy, all productive activities are owned privately -- not by the state.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
James Madison was referring to ______ when he wrote in Federalist No. 62 that its necessity was “indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies to yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be seduced by factious leaders into intemperate and pernicious resolutions.”
a. the House of Representatives b. the executive veto c. the Senate d. the Supreme Court
The _____ Clause provides that members of Congress "shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place."
a. Necessary and Proper b. Speech or Debate c. Elastic d. None of the above is true.