According to the Text,block Grants Have Enjoyed Only Marginal Success

question 62

Multiple Choice

 According to the text,block grants have enjoyed only marginal success in part because 

• A) the federal government steadily increased the number of strings attached to such grants. 
• B) money from categorical grants shrank so low as to make these other grants essential. 
• C) these grants were based on local priorities rather than on the needs of the nation as a whole. 
• D) these grants discouraged federal control over how the money was to be used. 
• E) these grants were not attractive to members of Congress.

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Definitions:

Retained

Often used in financial contexts to describe profits kept in a company rather than distributed to shareholders; can also refer to information or items kept or preserved.

Interaction Term

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First-order Model

A mathematical or statistical model that represents systems or processes using first-degree equations or relationships.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true, often denoted by alpha.