A school compared the grades of students with disabilities while they were in separate classrooms and a year later when the state required integrating these students into mainstream classrooms. What type of research is this?
a. Cross-sectional comparison
b. Before-after study
c. Interrupted time series study
d. Difference in differences study
b. Before-after study
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Institutional design refers to
a. arrangements that define relationships between the various parts of government and between different levels of government. b. how states are formed c. arrangements that define relationships between states and international organizations. d. different conceptualizations of states used by comparativists. e. the relationship between markets and the state.
More than two-thirds of Americans report that they receive "all or most" of their political information from which source?
a. the Internet b. newspapers c. television d. radio
One agency supports tobacco farmers while another tries to discourage smoking. These competing goals come about for which of the following reasons?
A. because the government is so large that the other branches of government are no longer in control of the bureaucracy B. because of divided government C. because the two major political parties disagree on so much regarding appropriate policy D. because government pursues overlapping and conflicting goals in response to the diverse demands Americans place on it
How has Madison's vision of the national government as the ultimate guarantor of individual rights fared throughout the years?
A. It has failed due to the demand by factions for repressive legislation. B. It has been discredited by the Supreme Court. C. It has largely been shown to be inaccurate by state action. D. It has largely been realized.