Examine the advantages and disadvantages of single-member and multimember districts for majority and minority voters.
What will be an ideal response?
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The advantage of a stratified random sample over a random sample is that
A) stratified random samples require less work than random samples. B) stratified random samples are more likely to represent accurately a population, because stratification on key variables virtually assures accurate representation on those variables. C) the random sample is not a probability sample. D) stratified random samples provide both a probability and a nonprobability sample in one procedure.
Those who study public policy consider inaction to be a policy when it
a. is an unconscious choice on the part of the government. b. occurs over time and in the face of pressure on the government to act. c. has the effect of law. d. captures the attention of the media. e. alters some aspect of the broader social and political spectrum.
Sovereignty is __________
A) a state government answering to no higher authority B) a goal of international organizations in world affairs C) the ability of one country to have influence over another D) the development of participatory institutions of social life
The seminal Clean Air Act of 1970 did which of the following?
a. Charged the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with setting air quality standards that would apply nationwide b. Created a national pollution tax to be assessed against all industrial polluters c. Established a large contingent of federal pollution monitors, who were charged with monitoring and enforcing compliance with the law's provisions d. All of the above