New Public Management Is an Approach to Government in Which

question 18

Multiple Choice

New Public Management is an approach to government in which

• A)governments cannot meet similar standards as the private sector, due to financial and accountability constraints.
• B)governments must abide by much more detailed ethics, performance rules, and procedures compared to those of private firms.
• C)legislatures are reluctant to grant agencies flexibility to make decisions because they do not want to give up power.
• D)government should manage for results through entrepreneurial activity, privatization, and improvements in efficiency and effectiveness.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The threshold at which researchers decide whether an effect or result observed in data is statistically significant, commonly set at 0.05 or 5%.

Summary Statistics

Refers to a set of descriptive indices that summarize the central tendency, dispersion, and shape of a dataset distribution, including measures such as mean, median, variance, and standard deviation.

T-Test

A statistical test used to compare the means of two groups to see if they are significantly different from each other.

Sample SD

The standard deviation of a sample, a measure of the dispersion or variability of data points within the sample.