Imagine that a scholar wants to develop a measure of preelectoral coordination among parties in democracies. If she thinks about the level of preelectoral coordination between any two parties as going from running independently at one extreme to merging into a single party at the other extreme, then is she conceptualizing preelectoral coordination in terms of a dichotomy or a continuum?

Which of the following is NOT a step in the research process?

A) design study B) collect data C) take a course in research D) interpret data

Which of the following powers is granted to governors in all fifty states?

a. Special budgetary authority to limit spending b. The ability to veto certain parts of a spending bill without vetoing the entire bill c. The authority to veto laws subject to override by the state legislatures d. The authority to veto language in appropriation bills