Assume you have been hired by the governor of Texas to figure out a way to increase the power of that office in the legislative process. Which board would you suggest that the governor be allowed to join, and why?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. The speaker of the house and lieutenant governor have enormous influence over government because of the weak role the governor has in formulating the budget and because the speaker and lieutenant governor co-chair the Legislative Budget Board, which sets the budget.
2. Because the governor does not sit on the Legislative Budget Board, allowing the governor to do so would increase the power of the governor over government.
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Data obtained by multiple observers is useful in controlling
A) experimenter effects. B) subject effects. C) placebo effects. D) social desirability.
Which of the following is not a form of direct democracy?
a. Initiative b. Primary election c. Recall d. Referendum
Constituents can best express approval or disapproval of the job their representatives are doing through
A) letter-writing campaigns. B) emails and tweets. C) public opinion polling. D) elections. E) approval ratings.
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of ethnographic research?
a) Ethnographers tend to examine the group or phenomenon as a whole, rather than the sum of its parts. b) Ethnographers often use participant observation. c) Ethnographers develop a research question prior to initiating their research methods just as empirical researchers do. d) Ethnography is typically very time-consuming.