After World War I, President Woodrow Wilson advocated the establishment of the
a. Organization of American States and a balance-of-power system.
b. United Nations with a veto power for major powers.
c. League of Nations and other institutions of international law.
d. International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
C
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In evaluating a nutritional breakfast program for children in poverty, randomly assigning children to breakfast/no-breakfast groups
A) will create clear statistical problems. B) will create data that are uninterpretable. C) is an ethical problem. D) should always include a repeated measures component.
What feature of the U.S. political system reflects the Framers' desire to limit the "mischiefs of faction"?
a. staggered terms of office b. selection of senators by state legislatures c. the protection of free speech in the First Amendment d. the president's power as commander-in-chief of the military
Which of the following statements about the press is true?
A) the public has a low level of confidence in it B) several correspondents in Washington have become media "stars" who appear on weekly political talk shows and command huge speaking fees from the very industries and groups they may cover C) some journalists are open to charges of conflict of interest D) all of the above E) none of the above
Economist Mancur Olson refers to what aspect of interest groups as "the size factor"?
A. Larger interest groups are able to draw on greater financial resources, which makes them more capable of getting the ear of lawmakers and thus achieving policy change. B. The smaller an interest group, the more likely that its motivating issue will be subsumed by the agenda of a larger interest group. C. The interests of groups with large memberships will typically prevail over the interests of smaller groups. D. Small groups are ordinarily more united on policy issues and often have more resources, enabling them to win out more often than large groups. E. Small interest groups can often enhance their bargaining power by linking themselves to the agenda of a larger interest group that has greater resources.