A criminal justice professor compared crime rates in cities where police departments adopted performance measurement systems to those that did not, both before and after the systems were implemented. This type of research is called
a. An observational study
b. A randomized experiment
c. A quasi-experiment
d. A natural experiment
c. A quasi-experiment
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The 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution explicitly guarantees all of the following except
a. freedom of speech. b. freedom of the press. c. the right to assemble peaceably. d. the right to own firearms. e. the right to petition the government for redress of grievances.
Which individual would not be eligible to serve as governor of Texas?
a. a 40-year-old woman born and raised in New Mexico who moved to Texas last year b. a 50-year-old man born and raised in New York who moved to Texas in 1990 c. a 35-year-old woman who was born and lived her entire life in Fort Worth, Texas d. a 70-year-old man born in Maine who lived in Houston since he was 10 e. none of these, as all of them would be eligible
Which event provided the first serious proposal for a national government?
a. Richmond Congress b. Macon Congress c. Albany Congress d. Hartford Congress
The text points out that edge cities fall into one of three major categories. Which of the
a. uptowns b. exurbs c. boomers d. greenfields