When relationships between variables differ across geographic units such as counties or across other social settings, researchers say there is ______.

A. an association
B. emergence
C. moderation
D. a contextual effect


D. a contextual effect

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a. American b. German c. Russian d. Iranian e. Chinese

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Which of the following is NOT a prominent proposal to reform the social security program?

A. privatizing B. removing the cap on payroll taxes, so that people with higher level wages pay more taxes. C. reducing benefits by raising retirement age to 70 D. requiring recipients to undergo employment training and obtain jobs

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Following the breakup of the Soviet Union, Russia

a. employed economic "shock therapy" to transition to liberal democracy, which transformed Russia painfully but helped to reduce nationalism. b. rejected the economic "shock therapy" approach recommended by the IMF, pursuing instead a path of economic autocracy. c. employed economic "shock therapy" to transition to liberal democracy but quickly changed to a more gradual choice. d. attempted to change the political makeup to a more liberal democracy but did not renounce the planned economy of the Soviet state. e. failed to attempt the economic "shock therapy" recommended by the IMF and thus saw its economy self-destruct.

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The right to privacy is ___________ in the Constitution.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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