All of the Following Functions Exemplify Why Political Parties Are

question 33

Multiple Choice

All of the following functions exemplify why political parties are essential to democratic governance EXCEPT

• A)political parties regularize the "office­seeking ambition" of politicians.
• B)political parties help citizens overcome collective action barriers to mobilization.
• C)political parties allow legislators to overcome collective action problems when voting on public policies.
• D)political parties prevent the decision making of governments from becoming too routine.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from the sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Hypotheses

Statements or predictions that are formulated for empirical testing, representing the initial step in the scientific method.

P-value

In statistical hypothesis testing, the probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the results actually observed, under the assumption that the null hypothesis is correct.

Hypotheses

Proposed explanations or predictions that can be tested through research and experimentation.