While social media and the Internet have spurred uprisings in many areas of the world, which is not considered a negative consequence of these "Twitterlutionaries"?
a. Internet movements can conceal the true identities of organizations such as drug cartels, mafia members, orradical religious groups
b. The movements have not had time to build leadership and infrastructure to support their cause, making themunsuccessful in the long run.
c. Internet revolutions also empower the enemies of freedom.
d. The Internet provides too much information, leading to information overload.
d
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A. the vice president B. the speaker of the house C. the Senate majority leader D. all party leaders in Congress
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a. Define a specific level of performance and the only thing of importance is the individual's performance, regardless of where that performance might stand in comparison with other individuals. b. The proportion of test takers who got the item correct. c. Used to measure knowledge of a specific area, usually when learning is the outcome that is being measured. d. A method of measuring attitudes using summated ratings. e. Presents the respondent with an ambiguous stimulus and as the person to formulate a response. f. A method of measuring attitudes, using a method of equal-appearing intervals which produces nearly interval levels of measurement. g. Assesses stable individual behavior patterns. h. A set of structured and focused questions. i. Designed for a specific purpose and limited in application to a small number of people. j. The proportion of test takers in the upper group who got the item correct minus the proportion of test takers in the lower group who got the item correct. k. Assess an individual's feelings about an object, person, or event. l. In this technique, all of the behavior of the target subject is recorded, with little concern as to the specificity of its content. m. The researcher uses a device to keep track of time and measures the length of time that a behavior occurs. n. Generates two indices—difficulty level and discrimination level—that help analyze a test item's effectiveness. o. Also called options; the possible responses to a multiple-choice test item. p. A personality test that uses a format such as true-false or multiple choice to agree or disagree with an item that describes people's feelings toward themselves. q. Also known as time sampling, in this technique a subject is observed during a particular interval of time. r. The researcher charts the incidence or frequency of the occurrence of a particular behavior. s. Multiple-choice test responses that are incorrect. t. Part of a multiple-choice question that has the purpose of setting the question or posing the problem. u. Allow the researcher to compare an individual's test performance to the test performance of other individuals. v. Usually produced by commercial publishers, have broad application across a variety of different settings, and come with a standard set of instructions and scoring procedures. 1. Achievement tests 2. Standardized tests 3. Researcher/Teacher-made tests 4. Norm-referenced tests 5. Criterion-referenced tests 6. Stem 7. Alternatives 8. Distracters 9. Item analysis 10. Difficulty index 11. Discrimination index 12. Attitude tests 13. Thurstone scale 14. Likert scale 15. Personality test 16. Projective test 17. Structured test 18. Duration recording 19. Frequency recording 20. Interval recording 21. Continuous recording 22. Questionnaire
Courts with ________ hear cases brought to them on appeal from a lower court.
A) stare decisis B) original jurisdiction C) judicial review D) justiciable disputes E) appellate jurisdiction
Describe the difference between equality of condition and equality of opportunity.Which does the American system seek to advance, and what does that mean in terms of accepting some forms of discrimination?
Why are judicial interpretations of the U.S. Constitution limited in deciding issues of equality, and what effect have they had on civil rights issues? What role has been played by grassroots mobilization and evolving social values in the civil rights movement? What will be an ideal response?