Which of the Following Is Consistent with a Merit-Based System

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is consistent with a merit-based system?

• A) the governor appointing campaign supporters to boards
• B) agencies hiring technical employees based on their education
• C) campaign workers filling staff positions after the election
• D) contracts being awarded to fundraisers
• E) high-level appointments being reserved for party activists

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values around the mean.

Average Amount

A statistical measure that represents the central or typical value in a set of data, often the mean, median, or mode.

Standard Deviation Units

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the individual values differ from the mean of the sample.

Normal Distribution

A normal distribution is a bell-shaped frequency distribution curve, where most of the occurrences take place around the central peak, and the probabilities of values further away from the mean taper off symmetrically.