How Is the Japanese Prime Minister Elected

question 53

Multiple Choice

How is the Japanese prime minister elected?

• A) By popular vote of the Japanese electorate
• B) By a vote in both chambers of parliament, although the lower chamber's selection prevails if the two votes produce different candidates
• C) Through "back room deals" among the various parties in the parliament producing the candidate that is essentially every party's second choice
• D) By a vote in the lower house of the parliament
• E) By a vote in the lower house of parliament that must be subsequently approved by the upper house

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Definitions:

Cohen's D

An indicator of the magnitude of difference, displaying the standardized deviation between two averages.

Cohen's D

A measure of the size of an effect for a hypothesis test; it is the difference between two means divided by the standard deviation of the data.

Cohen's D

A statistic used to quantify the difference between two group means relative to the standard deviation of the sample.

Cohen's D

A measure of effect size that quantifies the difference between two group means in standard deviation units.