Identify three of the most active types of interest groups in state and local politics
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response would be:
• Business elite
o Business interests and its effects on local politics
o Interest in community planning and taxes
• Professional associations
o Examples: health care professionals, barbers, etc.
o Interest in regulatory laws and the makeup of boards that do the regulating
• Special-interest groups
o Dominate certain states and affect public policies in these states
o Examples: corn and hog farmers in Iowa, gas and oil companies in Texas and Louisiana, tobacco farmers in North Carolina and Virginia, etc.
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a.) explicit b.) controlled c.) reactive d.) systematic
You are reading a journal article and the method section states that the design was a 2 X 3 between subjects factorial design. Automatically, you know that the study will have _______ conditions
a. 3 b. 6 c. 9 d. 12