In a study of partisanship and attitudes toward social welfare spending while controlling for gender a researcher finds that women are 15 points more likely than men to support social welfare spending. This is an example of ______________________.

The achievement gap describes a troubling difference by which students of different ______ and ______ perform educationally.

a. races; incomes b. genders; incomes c. incomes; first languages d. social classes; genders

According to James Q. Wilson, which of the following alters the pattern of incentives in government agencies and makes them different from some private agencies?

a. Top administrators tend to be overpaid in comparison with private sector administrators. b. Public managers are unable to capture surplus revenues for their own use. c. Public agencies tend to have too much red tape and too many regulations. d. All of the above are true.