Which of the Following Statements About State Legislators Is Accurate

question 49

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about state legislators is accurate?

• A) There is less diversity of gender, ethnicity, and race among state legislators than among federal legislators.
• B) There is no correlation between the racial and ethnic diversity of a state and the composition of its legislature.
• C) All state legislatures have the same primary function.
• D) The majority of state legislators serve on a full-time basis.
• E) All of these answers are correct.

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Definitions:

Measure of Performance

A metric used to evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, or quality of a procedure, process, or activity.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the spread or variability among a collection of numbers, reflecting the degree to which these numbers deviate from their average.

Hypotheses Testing

A method of statistical inference used to decide whether there is enough evidence to reject a null hypothesis in favor of an alternative hypothesis.

Power of the Test

The probability of correctly rejecting a false null hypothesis in a statistical test.