Why Do Some Researchers Not Believe That Interest Group Involvement

question 42

Multiple Choice

Why do some researchers not believe that interest group involvement in direct democracy initiatives is a major problem?

• A) Interest groups only get involved in a few issues, and therefore have little effect on general policy.
• B) Interest groups are too small to have major effects on public policy.
• C) Interest groups on both sides of an issue run ads, so they cancel each other out and don't have much effect on voters' preferences.
• D) Interest groups are generally disliked by Americans, who see through their arguments very easily.
• E) Interest groups are not allowed to get involved in direct democracy following the case Baumgartner v. Jones (1993).

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

The default assumption in statistical hypothesis testing that there is no significant effect or difference, intended to be challenged by the alternative hypothesis.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can be assigned to a statistical distribution, which affects the calculation of statistical estimates.

T-test for Dependent Means

A statistical test used to compare the means of two related groups.

Alternative Hypothesis

A statement proposing a relationship between variables, differing from the null hypothesis, and is tested for possible acceptance.