By adding comparison groups in a study of the effects of child seat belt legislation in California, Guerin and MacKinnon (1985) were able to
A) perform more high-powered statistical procedures.
B) attenuate the reliability of their observations.
C) study the effects of other types of legislation on their target group.
D) increase confidence in their conclusions.
Answer: D
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V. O. Key in Southern Politics concluded that bifactionalism in the Democratic Party left Texas with __________
a. a one-party system in which Democratic dominance continued through an informal agreement between liberal and conservative Democrats to alternate support for one another's candidates in gubernatorial elections b. no-party politics in which the influence of pressure groups was high because the lines of power were blurred c. a system of electoral politics in which independent and third-party candidates could regularly win several seats in the state legislature d. a party system immediately dominated by the Republicans
Because they have ideas and __________, the attentive public, although relatively few in number, has great impact on politics
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