Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. When it comes to policy evaluation and change, government organizations are wedded to maintaining the status quo.
2. Public organizations can serve a multitude of constituencies and thus, have multiple goals to address the different groups being served.
3. The policymaking cycle is largely determined by the political calendar.
4. The knowledge that a policy initiative is considered a test has no effect on the behavior of those involved.
5. The consequence of not using an experimental method is that a large number of mainly unmeasured social and economic factors, not the program in question, may be the cause of any observed effects on the target population.
1.false
2.true
3.true
4.false
5.true
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