Pollution that can be traced to a chemical company's discharge into a waterway is:

Suppose the Pearson correlation coefficient (r) for the relationship between political tolerance and education were .40 and the significance level is .007. Which of the statements below is the correct interpretation of the degree of relationship here?

A. By knowing the independent variable education, we can reduce the number of errors in predicting the dependent variable political tolerance by .7%. B. By knowing the independent variable education, we can reduce the number of errors in predicting the dependent variable political tolerance by 40%. C. The independent variable education explains 16% of the variation in the dependent variable political tolerance. D. The independent variable education explains 40% of the variation in the dependent variable political tolerance.

One of the major goals of the new federalism was to:

A. administerspecific policies and programs at all levels of government-national, state, and local. B. increase cooperation between the federal and the state governments to solve various national issues. C. return to the states certain powers that had been exercised by the national government since the 1930s. D. enable businesses to move to jurisdictions that offered a competitive advantage. E. grant state governments the power to counter national policies that did not serve their best interests.