In order to be successful and effective, a democracy relies upon which of the following important assumptions?
A) Political parties will always identify the best issues for government to address.
B) Citizens have the necessary information and skills to be able to understand political issues and provide informed input.
C) Citizens do not know what they want, therefore political parties are formed to structure the decisions for the voters.
D) Most citizens are incapable of making clear and rational choices in elections.
E) Only those citizens who are literate and have shown that they understand the issues should be allowed to vote.
B
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The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibited
a. literacy tests. b. discrimination in public accommodations. c. nonviolent direct action. d. civil disobedience. e. poll taxes.
The effect of adding fluoride to a community's water supply was tested by comparing annual records of cavities per patient in local dentists’ offices for six years before and four years after the fluoride was added. This is an example of which type of research?
a. Interrupted time series b. Regression discontinuity c. Propensity score matching d. Cross-sectional comparison
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of counterbalancing?
A) Each participant is exposed to all conditions of the experiment. B) Each condition is presented an equal number of times. C) Each condition is presented randomly in each position. D) Each condition precedes and follows each other condition an equal number of times.
The use of copayments is a tool to accomplish what?
A. assist in the high cost of medical malpractice B. eliminate emergency room visits C. encourage greater specializations by physicians D. make the consumer conscious of medical costs