Because they fail to adopt policies reflecting their party platforms, American political parties play little if any role in the nation's policymaking process

The Constitution gives __________ the power to borrow, coin, and print money

a. Congress b. the Treasury Department c. the Federal Reserve Board d. the president

The measurement of a variable has validity when

a. the same results are obtained each time it is measured. b. it becomes an accepted variable in a given area of research. c. it can be measured quantitatively. d. the inferences that are made from the measurement are accurate.