TABLE 12-13 In This Era of Tough Economic Conditions, Voters Increasingly Ask

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TABLE 12-13
In this era of tough economic conditions, voters increasingly ask the question: "Is the educational achievement level of students dependent on the amount of money the state in which they reside spends on education?" The partial computer output below is the result of using spending per student ($) as the independent variable and composite score, which is the sum of the math, science, and reading scores, as the dependent variable on 35 states that participated in a study. The table includes only partial results.

-Referring to Table 12-13, the value of the measured t test statistic to test whether composite score depends linearly on spending per student is ________.

Analyze the impact of political behavior, including lobbying and vote trading (logrolling), on government decision making and policy outcomes.

Understand the concept of limited and bundled choice in elections and its implications for public choice.

Understand the differences between dispositional and situational attributions.

Recognize the influence of actor-observer bias on perception of behaviors.

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