Identify three major staff agencies in Congress. Explain their work.
What will be an ideal response?
?Congressional Research Service is part of the Library of Congress. The approximately 900 staffers help members of Congress to conduct research on issues.
?Government Accountability Office was once merely an auditing agency, but now with approximately 5,000 employees, the agency conducts investigations of policies and makes recommendations.
?Congressional Budget Office advises Congress on the impact of spending programs and estimates future economic trends.
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What conclusion does the "Using the Framework" box draw with regard to the most pressing concern of the American people and the top priority of elected officials in Washington, D.C.?
a. The disconnect between the two is partly caused by the news media's tendency to emphasize issues of greatest concern to our leading political actors. b. The American people are most concerned with job growth and officials in Washington make this their top priority. c. The disconnect between the two is entirely caused by the news media's tendency to emphasize issues of greatest concern to our leading political actors. d. The news media has no impact on the disconnect between the two.
All of the following are true of a causal relationship except
a. It demonstrates covariation b. It demonstrates spuriousness c. The cause precedes the effect d. Elimination of confounding factors
Chapter 10 contains a figure listing the advantages and disadvantages of a between subjects design. Which of the following statements is true in regard to the figure?
a. There were more disadvantages listed in the figure than there were advantages listed in the figure. b. Because there were so many advantages listed in the figure, a between subjects design is the preferred design among psychologists. c. Although there were many advantages listed in the figure, a between subjects design is not the best design for all research experiments. d. The between subjects design is the only design with many advantages.
A socialist would likely be in favor of which of the following?
A. Prohibition of workers' organizations and trade unions B. Elimination of Social Security and Medicare programs C. Government taking over the oil industry in order to control oil and gas prices D. Privatization of the national park system E. Elimination of the federal national minimum wage