If public administrators have mastered the techniques of planning, implementation, and evaluation, they do not need to be concerned with understanding the political and ethical context of their work
a. True
b. False
b
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a. logical b. unpredictable c. efficient d. unreasonable
In developing, teaching and/or modeling values, what is true?
a. Modeling isn't an effective tool to transmit values b. Telling someone else what to value is highly recommended by the experts c. Letting children learn from their own experiences can be effective d. Allowing children to develop values completely on their own is wise
Reconstruction was the post-Civil War period in which the federal government ______.
A. supported the implementation of the Black codes B. allowed Northerners to pillage the conquered lands of the South C. ignored the efforts of the Ku Klux Klan to suppress Blacks' civil rights D. attempted to rebuild the South's economy
A university conducts a series of surveys in which subjects are drawn from first year and graduating students and finds that graduating students demonstrate much higher rates of approval for the university (in terms of whether they think the classes were relevant, the instructors were competent, etc.). The university then claims that more experience with the university leads to higher approval. What source of internal invalidity has the university not considered?
A. selection bias B. mortality C. noncomparable groups D. regression