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Which of the following helps explain why some Americans do not vote?

a. Americans have difficulty passing voter eligibility tests. b. Americans worry about the interchangeability of their votes. c. Most Americans think political efficacy is high. d. There are too many political parties from which to choose. e. Voter registration is not automatic: it is a citizen's responsibility.

Sociologist James S. Coleman's 1966 research (better known as the Coleman Report) on resources and student performance shows a. that curricula, facilities, class size, and per-pupil expenditures were more important to levels of performancethan family, socioeconomic background, and classmates

b. that family, socioeconomic background, and classmates were more important than academic resources indetermining levels of performance. c. that African American students did better in predominantly black schools. d. how faulty methodologies could later be refuted by careful analysis.