The main weakness of using many countries for comparative
analysis is that this method of comparative analysis:
a. uses quantitative data to test hypotheses.
b. uses scatter diagrams that make it difficult to understand relationships among variables.
c. does not provide as much insight as the other two methods as to why relationships between variables exist.
d. sacrifices breadth for depth.
Answer: c
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a. the president was better able to respond quickly to the needs of the people than Congress, which is big, cumbersome, and divided along party lines. b. the emergence of the United States as a global power gave more power to the president, who has a large amount of freedom to set foreign policy. c. presidents were generally more newsworthy than Congress, which gave the president a greater opportunity to manipulate the media and public opinion. d. the president's staff grew smaller in recent history, which reduced outside influence on the president's decision-making process.
Which of the following is the most common method of party nomination in the United States?
a. delegation b. caucus c. primary d. midterm election
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The most influential factor in the shift from single-subject to group comparisons was most likely the
A) work of E. L. Witmer in the 1930s, calling for the creation of clinical psychology. B) publication in 1935 of Sir Ronald Fisher's The Design of Experiments. C) work of B. F. Skinner in the 1950s, which demanded the use of more controlled methods in psychological research. D) availability of research participants following the post-World War II return of veterans.