What effect does a small proportion of extremely wealthy citizens have on the mean and median income of a country?
A. They raise the median income to a value closer to the mean.
B. They raise the mean income to create a greater difference between the median and
mean income.
C. They reduce the mean income to a value that is closer to the median income.
D. They reduce the median income to cause a greater difference between mean and
median incomes.
E. They equalize the mean income and the median income.
B
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A. the increase in power of the Supreme Court of Kenya. B. widespread rioting and ethnic violence resulting in many deaths. C. a legislature dominated by a single political party. D. tension along Kenya's border with Uganda.
The FCC has recently adopted a more aggressive approach to regulating what in the broadcast media?
a. false advertising b. indecency c. political views d. children's programming e. religious programs
In which of the following ways can state political institutions help reduce political protests?
A. by widening the representative gap between the citizen and elected politician B. by having new politicians elected by previous members of the Sénat C. by increasing representation of people from different segments of society D. by centralizing decision making power to a few people E. by adopting a communistic form of ideology
Which of the following is not a task performed by a professional media campaign?
a. Selecting a campaign theme b. Developing computerized mailing lists c. Choosing the candidate d. Selecting the candidate's hairstyle