What kind of method disaggregates and explains events sequentially as one event preceding and causing a second event?

The "Can Government Do Anything Well?" box discusses government versus private sector funding of scientific research and development. What are the major arguments on each side? Which side are you on? Why?

What will be an ideal response?

A clerical worker for the federal government notices gross negligence in the spending habits of a government agency and the worker feels the need to call this discrepancy to the attention of the media. That clerical worker is an example of a(n)

A) whistleblower. B) ombudsman. C) legislative page. D) sunset legislator. E) fraudulent bureaucrat.