Swing voters are ______.
a. the 50 percent of the electorate who are in play during each election
b. those who have changed their political party in the past 10 years
c. people who have not made up their minds at the start of the campaign
d. so unpredictable that candidates are better off ignoring them
c. people who have not made up their minds at the start of the campaign
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Which of these is an example of cross-case research?
a. Observing the behavior of employees at every level of a large, hierarchically-organized corporation b. Analyzing public opinion polls about the American public's attitudes about capitalism and socialism c. Critiquing the proposals of several different philosophers who want to reform the free-market system d. Examining the history of several countries that transitioned from an agricultural to an industrial economy at roughly the same time
The functions of the United Nations include __________.
A. providing a forum in which tribes can settle disputes without the use of force B. promoting oceanic and forestry development in the global South C. coordinating information and planning by international agencies and programs D. coercing states into abiding by international law
The concept of regression to the mean is particularly important when
A) doing research involving children. B) selecting research participants on the basis of gender or some other categorical variable. C) selecting research participants on the basis of extreme scores on some measure. D) doing research during daylight savings time.
In 1976, black students in South Africa's Soweto township protested against the issue of being forced to __________
A) modernize B) have no more than one child per family C) learn Afrikaans in school D) take part in military service