What type of election is faced by judges who are selected through the merit selection process?
A. primary
B. They are appointed and do not participate in elections.
C. partisan
D. retention
E. nonpartisan
Answer: D
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Which of the following cases is primarily based on civil law?
a. A murder trial b. A child who files abuse charges against his parents c. A misdemeanor assault charge d. A lawsuit against the police for wrongful arrest e. A politician who is charged with corruption
The price of slaves was declining in the 1780s because
a. of a prevailing sense that slavery was immoral. b. state legislatures had regulated the prices of slaves. c. the cotton industry was growing. d. the federal government had passed several anti-slavery laws. e. there was a downturn in the tobacco market.
A researcher wants to measure the relationship between age and score on this test. The most appropriate statistic would be the
A) Spearman rank-order correlation. B) Sign test. C) Pearson product-moment correlation. D) Repeated measures ANOVA.
Techniques like "packing" and "cracking" may be used during redistricting to
A) maximize a political party's chances of winning seats in the state legislature and Congress. B) confuse voters about their polling location or the candidates on their ballot. C) decrease the voting power of undecided voters in national elections. D) increase voter turnout of minority groups. E) eliminate the opportunity for gerrymandering to occur.