In 1883 Congress passed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act. The act instituted a system of hiring federal employees based on qualifications such as experience, education, and standardized testing. This procedure is referred to as
a. patronage.
b. partisanship.
c. the merit system.
d. field screening.
e. managerial discretion.
ANS: C
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a. standpoint feminism. c. liberal feminism. b. passive feminism. d. humanitarianism.
All of the following are TRUE about the collectivist consensus that existed in Great Britain following World War II EXCEPT that it a. was inspired by the suffering shared by Britons during World War II. b. led to the direct ownership by the British state of its key industries
c. accepted the policy of full employment. d. led to the expansion of the social welfare state and its services. e. was only promoted by a succession of left-leaning Labour governments until the 2008 global economic crisis.
A general but important rule in experimentation is that each study is designed so as to
A) control experimental variance, maximize extraneous variance, and control error variance. B) maximize experimental variance, control extraneous variance, and minimize error variance. C) maximize all variance except error variance. D) ignore error variance and maximize between-groups variation.
The __________ consists of a number of policy-related groups that aid the president. It includes the Office of Management and Budget
Fill in the blanks with correct word