If the President or a Duly Appointed Executive Branch Official

question 61

Multiple Choice

If the president or a duly appointed executive branch official (e.g., the Secretary of State) meets with dignitaries of a foreign government with the purpose of promoting national values or interests by peaceful means, he or she can be said to be engaging in:

• A) diplomacy.
• B) containment.
• C) a delaying of inevitable hostilities.
• D) executive agreement or treaty-making duties.

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Definitions:

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A non-parametric method used for comparing more than two samples that are independent, or not related.

Null Hypothesis

A statement that there is no difference or effect, typically to be tested against an alternative hypothesis proposing a difference or effect.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true; a threshold chosen by the researcher to indicate the level of evidence needed to reject the null hypothesis.

Kruskal-Wallis Test

A nonparametric statistical test used to compare three or more independent samples to determine if they originate from the same distribution.