Which of the following describes correctly the differences between California and Texas regarding the death penalty?
a. Texas has the death penalty, whereas California does not.
b. California carries out the death penalty about as often as does Texas.
c. California focuses on a speedy process, but Texas focuses on minimizing error.
d. The federal courts in Texas are more likely to intervene in death penalty cases than are the federal courts in California.
e. The costs of a capital murder trial in California are greater than they are in Texas.
e. The costs of a capital murder trial in California are greater than they are in Texas.
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Satyagraha is based on the assumption that those who are being oppressed
a. have a right to be free and that the only justifiable way of achieving freedom is through non-violent means. b. have little chance and little hope and therefore must resort to acts of terror for survival. c. must adopt the tactics and policies of the oppressors. d. understand that freedom is not free e. none of the above
The modern system of voters choosing delegates through primaries, limiting the role of party elites, was driven by ________
A) the Civil War B) party bosses C) the Depression? D) World War II E) the political unrest of the 1960s
Which one of the following is a characteristic of probability sampling?
a) It does not represent the larger population. b) The probability of selecting any one subject is unknown. c) Subjects are selected out of convenience. d) Subjects are determined by chance factors.
What is the subgame perfect Nash equilibrium or equilibria for the game if you use these payoff values?
Below is the Exit, Voice, and Loyalty game between the state and the citizen.Recall that E is the payoff that the citizen gets when she exits, L is the payoff that the state gets from retaining a loyal citizen, 0 is the payoff that the citizen gets from remaining loyal, and C is the cost that the citizen must pay for using voice.
Let E = 0.5, let L> 1, and let C = 0.75.
Recall that the equilibrium should be written in the following form: (citizen’s move at her first node, citizen’s move at her last subgame; state’s move at his [only] subgame).
A. exit, exit; respond
B. voice, exit; respond
C. loyalty, exit; respond
D. exit
E. voice, exit; ignore