Dr. Monroe is interested in surveying college students at her university who are first generation college students. She contacts the registrar's office and finds out that there are 3500 first generation college students total
She wants to include 350 of those students in her sample. She then divided the population by the sample size and gets k = 10 . She then picks a random number between 1 and 10 which is 8 . This determines that every 8th person in the population will be included in the sample. What type of sampling method is this?
a. cluster sampling.
b. stratified sampling
c. random sampling
d. systematic sampling
D
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What are the strict scrutiny standard and the rational basis (or minimum rationality) standard? What sort of classification system would cause the Supreme Court to apply each standard to determine whether a discriminatory law is constitutionally
permissible? Under what circumstances would it apply an intermediate standard? Give an example of a law that would be subject to each standard of review. Do you agree with this three-tiered approach? Why or why not? What will be an ideal response?
Until which year was Texas considered a one-party Democratic state?
a. 1984 b. 1994 c. 2002 d. 2010 e. 1960
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A) are less sure that they have the solutions for societies problems. B) offer a unique solution to all problems. C) tend to vote republican. D) are more idealistic than previous generations E) vote in greater numbers than their parents.