A researcher hypothesizes that individuals differ in support for a balanced budget amendment based upon their partisan affiliation. He controls for education level and finds that highly educated Democrats are 27 points less likely to support a balanced budget amendment than highly educated Republicans but Democrats with lower education are 2 points more likely to support a balanced budget than Republicans with lower education. What’s going on here?
a. An additive relationship between education and partisanship
b. A spurious relationship between education and partisanship
c. A zero-order relationship between education and partisanship
d. An interaction between education and partisanship
d. An interaction between education and partisanship
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The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and France all give their citizens a meaningful say in the selection of their political leaders, so they are examples of
A) authoritarian regimes. B) democracies. C) empires. D) fascist states. E) parliamentary states.
The mass media help ensure government accountability and responsiveness by performing which three important tasks?
A) informing, investigating, and interpreting B) informing, inquiring, and interpreting C) ?informing, interloping, and investigating D) ?interviewing, informing, and inquiring E) intervening, investigating, and informing
Since September 11, 2001, the federal government's powers of surveillance and observance have
A. grown marginally. B. stayed the same. C. declined marginally. D. grown significantly. E. declined significantly.
What can Congress do to influence foreign and defense policy if it is not satisfied with the president's handling of these policies?
a. Congress can fire ambassadors who are not executing foreign policy according to Congress's wishes. b. Congress can reduce appropriations for executing the president's foreign and defense policies. c. Congress can command the military to execute foreign policy according to Congress's wishes. d. Congress can change foreign policy with a joint declaration of two-thirds of each chamber, which does not require the president's signature.