A representative who obtains a government project or appropriation for his district, yielding specific benefits to himself and the district (such as patronage positions, increased employment, or public spending), is said to be practicing
a. carpet bagging.
b. soft money tactics.
c. pork-barrel politics.
d. logrolling.
e. Reaganomics.
Ans: c. pork-barrel politics.
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a. complex interdependence. b. democratic peace. c. balance of power. d. hegemonic stability.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The estimation error is the difference between a sample statistic and a population parameter. 2. A confidence interval is defined the range within which the unknown but true population parameter is estimated to lie. 3. A 95% confidence interval is sometimes expressed as stating that when drawing many samples, 5% of the times the mean will lie within a confidence interval. 4. The Central Limit Theorem is fundamental statistical insight that allows us to make inferences from a single sample to the population. 5. A probability distribution is a statistical function which describes all possible values and likelihoods that a variable can take.
What type of court system exists in the United States?
A. multiple court system B. single court system C. dual court system D. triple court system E. quadruple court system
Franklin D. Roosevelt won support for his policies through which radio program?
A) Fireside follies B) Hearthside manner C) Democracy now D) Fireside chats