According to the Text, Political Parties Are

question 45

Multiple Choice

According to the text, political parties are

• A) the main cause of political gridlock in the United States.
• B) inherently corrupt.
• C) the heart of any democracy.
• D) the main reason why there is conflict between the Senate and House of Representatives.
• E) incompatible with Joseph Schumpeter's influential definition of democracy.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A figure that gauges the scatter of data points around the mean value, demonstrating the extent of dispersion.

Test Statistic

A standardized value used in statistical hypothesis testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Null Hypotheses

A statement used in statistical testing which indicates that no significant difference or effect is expected.

p-value

A statistical measure that indicates the probability of the observed data, under the null hypothesis, being at least as extreme as it is; used in hypothesis testing.