If there are some very deviant scores in the population, the best measure of central tendency is the

What are policy impacts?

a. issues that attract serious attention of public officials b. government institutions that are charged with taking action on political issues c. the effects that a policy has on people and on society's problems d. systems of selecting policymakers and of organizing government so that policy represents and responds to the public's preferences

The governor can grant appointments to executive boards and commissions, but these appointments must be confirmed by

a. the voters. b. no one. c. the state Senate. d. the lieutenant governor.