The most important fundamental problem with regard to cost-benefit analysis is that ______.
A. all benefits and costs are counted equally
B. it gives little attention to the distributive questions involved in all politics
C. politicians may allow cost-benefit analysis to make decisions for them instead of using the information derived from the analysis
D. the utilitarian foundation of cost-benefit analysis may not be suitable for a functioning democracy
C. politicians may allow cost-benefit analysis to make decisions for them instead of using the information derived from the analysis
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The U.S. single-member-plurality (SMP) is an electoral system in which
a. candidates run for a single seat from a specific geographic district. The winner is the person who receives the most votes cast. b. voters rank their preferences among the candidates. The winner is the candidate who receives the majority of the votes cast. c. a plurality of voters choose multiple officials to represent a specific geographic district. d. candidates run for a single seat from a specific geographic district. The winner is the person who gets over fifty percent of the votes cast. e. the distribution of seats is allocated to multiple parties on the basis of the overall percentage of votes received by each party in the election.
In a study designed to assess the effectiveness of a new therapeutic technique to help patients stop smoking, research participants are asked to record in a diary each time they smoke a cigarette
At the beginning of the two week experiment participants are very careful about noting every time they smoke a cigarette. However by the end of the two weeks they often forget to record each cigarette they smoke making it appear that they smoked less at the end of the experimental treatment. The results in this study are confounded by a. instrumentation. b. attrition. c. history. d. maturation.
The authors of the American Constitution anticipated that which branch of national government would be the strongest?
a. Executive b. Legislative c. Judicial d. They thought all would be equally strong. e. They thought the bureaucracy would be stronger than any of the branches.
Robert Dallek suggests that pragmatism, consensus building, charisma, trustworthiness, and __________ are five qualities usually found in effective presidents
a. vision b. strength c. intelligence d. empathy