The major political parties in Texas have been unable to __________
a. keep the electorate and interest groups engaged
b. prevent all of their members from acting as a team, even when it is not in their electoral interests
c. keep third parties from regularly winning seats in the state legislature
d. produce cohesive, policy-oriented coalitions in government
Answer: d
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While using the tool called State Fragility Index, which of the following should be considered when determining the political effectiveness score of the state?
A. intensity of international warfare B. salience of ethnicity in politics C. tenure of the current leader in office D. ethnic group discrimination E. political factionalism
The League of Nations
A. proved quite effective in maintaining peace throughout the 1920 and 1930s. B. embodied the idea of collective defense, but not collective security. C. won enthusiastic support from the Senate. D. did not have the United States as a member. E. All of these answers are correct.
The legislative proposal method of constitutional change is probably best suited for which of the following?
a. Revisions that are relatively narrow in scope b. Revisions that are broad and interpretable c. Statutory revisions d. Revisions only to fiscal policy issues
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The Durbin–Watson statistic has a range of values for which test statistics are inconclusive. 2. Autocorrelation is a problem, but serial correlation is not. 3. It is better to correct for autocorrelation by taking first differences than by examining relationships in levels form. 4. Policies and program are sometimes evaluated by including dummy variables in the model. 5. A step impact variable is similar to an increasing impact variable. 6. Lagged variables are variables whose effect becomes manifest at some future time.