Using a ______ allows analysts to determine the value of future benefits today.
A. opportunity costs
B. discount rate
C. contingent valuation methods
D. none of these
B. discount rate
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Case studies focus typically on
A) Groups. B) Individuals. C) Environments. D) Collective environments.
The existence of interest groups
A. shows that public interest groups and civil rights make up a large percentage of interest groups lobbying Congress. B. shows that leaders are from the lower social-economic groups. C. demonstrates the validity of the elite theory model of U.S. political system. D. can be problematic for democracy because members of the middle or upper classes often dominate interest groups. E. is required by the Constitution.
According to John H. Aldrich, the path to office for nearly every major politician begins with
a. interest group endorsements. b. the political party. c. gaining the endorsement of prominent citizens. d. fundraisers.
An evaluator is assessing the performance of a reading program in the second grade. She interviews a second grade teacher to determine what improvement has been made in the students’ reading levels since the beginning of the school year. The teacher replies that he has used 10 different types of readers with each child during the course of the school term. The teacher has provided what time of measure to the evaluator?
A. time measure B. nonlinear measure C. linear measure D. activity measure