When George W. Bush was elected U.S. president in 2000, which state level office did he leave?
a. The Texas Senate
b. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
c. The Attorney General's Office
d. The Texas Governorship
e. Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
D
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If during testing it becomes apparent that participants in different groups are talking about the research procedure, the confounding variable to consider is
A) selection. B) attrition. C) diffusion of treatment. D) sequence effects.
From the perspective of democratic theory, which is true of efforts of wealthy special interests to create public support through campaigns to "educate" the public?
a. These campaigns have both reassuring and troubling aspects. b. Such efforts help to expand the amount of information available to citizens. c. These educational campaigns reflect private, one-sided viewpoints. d. Such efforts tend to ignore the general public interest. e. All of these are true of such efforts.
Which of the following conditions are necessary for the NEC to work well?
a. The issue must be in the interest of the president. b. The NEC had firm deadlines and action-forcing events that required central decisions. c. There was a natural lead operating agency. d. All of the above are true.
Ignorance about an issue does not necessarily prevent people from expressing opinions. Indeed, pollsters
a. believe that most people simply guess because they do not know how they feel about the issues. b. claim that the fundamentally irrational way people approach their opinions means no attitudes are informed. c. report that unless an issue has been on the network news within five days of polling, few people will report an opinion. d. can get as many as one-third of the people they interview to offer opinions on entirely imaginary issues.