Between 1955 and 2013, all but five of Japan's prime ministers came from the

a. Social Democratic Party

Why might a city lease a new facility built by a private contractor instead of building the facility itself?

a. The city might have already reached its bond indebtedness ceiling and has no way to build the facility itself without raising taxes. b. A city might be havingtroublefindingcandidatestorunforoffice, and a new facility will make serving on city council more attractive. c. Leasing a new facility allows the city government to collect use fees from the public that will lower the need to collect other taxes. d. By leasing the facility, the city council can spend more money on education.

In the GSS file, the relationship between presidential voting preference in 1992 and stand on the euthanasia issue has a significance level of .089 and Cramer’s V is .003. Which of the following is the most accurate statement concerning these results?

A. The relationship is not statistically significant; thus, we do not reject the null hypothesis. B. There is a weak, statistically significant relationship between presidential voting preference in 1992 and stand on euthanasia; we reject the null hypothesis. C. There is a strong, statistically significant relationship between presidential voting preference in 1992 and stand on euthanasia; we reject the null hypothesis. D. The relationship is statistically significant, but it is not strong enough to be of any importance.