Which of these is NOT a step to assuring validity when using elite interviews?

a.) Focus on what interviewees think, instead of taking their statements as fact.
b.) Undertake preparatory research to be familiar with the basic facts of your subject.
c.) Come to the interview with an open and uninformed approach subject.
d.) Find outside sources for verifying information.


C

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A. for the express purpose of scrapping the Articles of Confederation and starting over B. for the express purpose of establishing trade relations with powers in Europe C. to revise the Articles of Confederation D. to adopt the reform plan proposed by Patrick Henry

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A Real Estate agent making $150,000 a year pays the exact same amount in Social Security tax as an investment banker making $10 million a year

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Nondemocratic governments

a. may suppress various groups within society. b. may produce laws and policies that are not reflections of popularly defined and popularly articulated interests. c. may have unclear lines of succession. d. All of the above are correct.

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Over the course of the nation's history, power has tended to

a. remain concentrated in the central government. b. remain concentrated in state governments. c. migrate from the states to the national government. d. migrate from the national government to the states. e. be exercised largely by a coalition of large state governors.

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