Which of the following is an example of data that could be collected to study the root causes of poverty?
A. the number of students who drop out of high school
B. the number of people in poverty
C. the unemployment rate
D. the median family income
A. the number of students who drop out of high school
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The process of adding a specific spending provision from a piece of legislation being passed for a certain project or district is called:
a. an earmark. b. a line item. c. a categorical grant. d. a project grant. e. a hold.
A central element in the political economy approach to the study of organizations is
a. an assumption that individuals act rationally and in their own self interest. b. the view that individuals in the organization are motivated by the desire for profit. c. that capitalism requires that governmental activities should be privatized as much as possible. d. an assumption that the political system depends upon the economic system.
Why are researchers reluctant to conduct a median-split procedure to assign participants to groups?
a. valuable information is lost b. the independent variable cannot be manipulated c. interactions can not be tested d. systematic variance increases e. all of the above
According to public opinion polls, which of the following does the general or mass public support the least?
a. Foreign aid b. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty c. The Kyoto Protocol d. The United Nations