An attempt to see to it that a public-sector office has employees whose gender, ethnicity, age, and other demographic characteristics reflect the characteristics of the population the office serves would be an example of

In cases in which a treatment has a long-lasting effect on participants, ________ are difficult to control in a within-subjects design

A) sequence effects B) placebo effects C) Type I errors D) Type II errors Fill in the blank with the correct answer.

Which of the following is true of pluralism?

A. Under pluralism, the state plays an active role in organizing interest groups and determining their goals. B. A pluralist pattern is most successful and effective in an anarchy or state of nature. C. A pluralist pattern requires that the political opportunity structure be wide open. D. Presently, interest group pluralism is not followed in any nation across the globe. E. In a pluralist pattern, a democratic state has the power to prevent influential individuals from becoming a part of powerful interest groups.