What is the president's power to convene Congress? Why would this be more significant in the early years of the presidency?
Answer:
An ideal response will:
1. Explain that the Constitution requires the president to inform Congress periodically. This is the State of the Union address. The president is authorized to convene one or both houses of Congress on "extraordinary occasions."
2. Explain how this was more significant when the Congress did not sit almost all year-round.
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Measurement bias is likely to occur in program evaluation research when
A) researchers use objective rather than subjective measures. B) several different dependent measures are used. C) people other than administrators of the program collect the data. D) the data are collected by the same people who run the program.
In the results section of a research article, figures and tables are often used to
A) organize statistical information. B) present the dependent measures used. C) present demographic characteristics of participants. D) delineate which participants were assigned to which groups.