Which topic is more likely than the others to be subject to a screening procedure in a public opinion poll?
a. crime prevention
b. illegal drug use
c. the federal budget
d. health care
c
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One weakness of the substantive model of democracy is that
a. not everyone participates in decision making. b. there is no agreement regarding which policies are democratic. c. the government is less responsive to its people. d. terrible inequities occur in the wealthiest class. e. minority groups are easily defeated.
The civil war in Syria, which over time has dragged many of its neighbors and outside state powers and other actors into it, was sparked by __________
a. Syria’s ongoing aggression against its neighbors, under the regime of Bashar al-Assad b. Bashar al-Assad’s actions against transnational terrorist groups at the border of Iraq and Syria c. a failure of the United Nations’ Responsibility to Protect (R2P) protocol d. “Arab Awakening” protests that spread into Syria, leading to Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on his own people
The use of objective measures of dependent variables is critical in
A) establishing statistical validity. B) establishing construct validity. C) ruling out placebo effects. D) exerting control over subject and experimenter effects.
Which of the following statements about the president's veto power is most accurate?
A. The president's veto is final and gives him or her complete control over legislation. B. Because vetoes are usually overridden, the power has become unimportant. C. The threat of a veto gives the president significant influence over Congress and legislation. D. The veto has been used by Congress to stop the president from signing legislation. E. Because vetoes are rarely overridden, the power has become unimportant.