After data have been collected, researchers sometimes find patterns that are unexpected, but nonetheless surprising and exciting. These types of patterns are known as ______.

A. empirical
B. generalizable
C. descriptive
D. serendipitous


D. serendipitous

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Explain how proponents of same-sex marriage invoke the full faith and credit clause

What will be an ideal response?

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The lieutenant governor and the Speaker of the House oversee the ______.

a. appointment process b. removal process c. impeachment process d. budget process

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Based on your study of policy tools in Chapter 5, choose an example policy issue to work with (such as illegal immigration, cell phone use while driving, reforming health care, reduction of carbon emissions, or your own). Discuss four of the policy tools available and how they could be applied to this problem, explaining what they are and how they work.

What will be an ideal response?

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Which of the following statements about the federal bureaucracy is LEAST accurate?

A. When the republic was founded, a large plantation would have required more workers than the federal government's bureaucracy. B. Recognizing the importance a bureaucracy would acquire, the authors of the Constitution carefully delineated the powers and responsibilities the federal bureaucracy would possess. C. In the normal course of history, factors compelling the expansion of the federal bureaucracy have outnumbered factors compelling its diminishment. D. The federal bureaucracy tends to increase in size in response to the public's increasing demands for services. E. The size of the federal bureaucracy tends to grow during times of national crisis.

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