Select the accurate statement below for U.S. data:

A) income tax payments are equal as a percent of income across almost all households
B) The lowest 50 percent of household in terms of income pay about 50 percent of the total income taxes
C) The highest 1 percent of households in terms of income pay a large percentage of total income taxes
D) The middle 50 percent of households in terms of income pay almost all of the income taxes


Answer: C) The highest 1 percent of households in terms of income pay a large percentage of total income taxes

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What position has the Supreme Court taken concerning school funding?

a. Differences in state per pupil expenditures were unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. b. Differences in state per pupil expenditures were allowable. c. The sales tax cannot be used for school funding. d. The property tax cannot be used for school funding.

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Rhonda designs an experiment in which half of her participants are randomly assigned to view a sad movie and half view a comedy, but all participants fill out three mood surveys at one, two, and three weeks after the movie. This is an example of

a. a between-participants design. b. a within-participants design. c. a non-equivalent posttest-only design. d. a mixed-model, factorial design.

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When was the United Nations established?

a. After the end of World War I b. After the end of World War II c. After the end of the Cold War d. After the end of the Thirty Years War e. After the collapse of the Berlin Wall

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