Explain the difference between a referendum and an initiative.
What will be an ideal response?
Although both referendums and initiatives allow citizens to directly decide policy questions, they are quite different in structure and process. A referendum is an election in which voters in a state can vote for or against a measure proposed by the state legislature. In contrast, an initiative, or initiative petition, is a citizen-sponsored proposal that seeks either new or amended legislation, or a state constitutional amendment. These measures are usually placed on the ballot if 10 percent or more of the voters in the previous election sign a petition agreeing to its placement.
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A) control of possible confounding variables. B) political and communication skills on the part of the researcher. C) careful analyses of statistical data. D) representativeness of samples.
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a. there have been severe and repeated droughts b. there has been severe and repeated flooding c. during any given year, it has been almost possible to predict with confidence that there would be toomuch or not enough water in Texas d. all of these e. none of these