The Principle of "Plausible Deniability" Holds That ____________________

question 8

Multiple Choice

The principle of "plausible deniability" holds that ____________________.

• A) nonaligned Third World nations should not receive foreign aid from the United States unless those nations can "plausibly" deny an affiliation with the Soviet Union
• B) the president of the United States is the chief instrument of American foreign policy and, as such, may deny Congress a role in foreign-policy decisions
• C) Congress should reassert itself in the making of foreign policy by denying foreign-aid money to nondemocratic nations
• D) the covert activities of the CIA should be planned and executed in such a way that the president can deny knowledge of them

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Definitions:

Margin Error

The amount of error that one can expect in an estimate, often expressed as a plus-or-minus figure and used in statistical analysis to indicate confidence in results.

Confidence Level

The probability percentage that specifies how reliable a confidence interval is in statistical analysis.

Normal Distribution

A symmetric probability distribution characterized by a bell-shaped curve, where the mean, median, and mode of the distribution are equal.

Confidence Interval

An assortment of values, drawn out from sample statistical examination, which is likely to encase the value of an unascertained population parameter.