Which of the following public services has seen the largest gains in employment?
A. Social Security
B. police and fire protection
C. homeland security
D. education
D. education
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High-tax capacity is associated with
a. the degree of centralization or decentralization of state activities. b. the tax-collecting vigor of the state. c. high levels of urbanization, per capita income, economic development, and natural resources. d. the political culture, historic factors, and other state-specific variables.
Which of the following is true of the safety net system in the United States compared with other rich democracies?
a. Americans are more likely to collect benefits. b. U.S. safety net expenditures exceed those of European democracies. c. The U.S. safety net system covers fewer people. d. U.S. companies contribute more to the safety net system.
A major problem that Hispanics have encountered in grasping and wielding political power is their ______.
A. universal lack of financial resources B. considerable intragroup diversity C. traditional reluctance to become involved in politics D. rapidly dwindling numbers
There are arguments for and against the use of statistical data analysis with single-case designs. Which of the following statements summarizes the case against statistical analysis?
a. Visual inspection of data has been shown to be sufficiently reliable, and is usually easier to perform than the complicated tests needed to analyze single-case data. b. Statistical analysis does not reveal whether the treatment is of practical use, and may actually disguise the fact that the treatment works well for some people and for whom. c. Statistical analysis favor a conservative approach and therefore may not allow us to detect meaningful changes in behavior. This approach may lead us to reject treatments that may be useful to large groups of people. d. There are no statistical analyses suited to the time-series kind of behavior generated by single-case designs, nor are there valid means of interpreting what few statistical tests are available.