A Representative Democracy Is One in Which

question 63

Multiple Choice

A representative democracy is one in which:

• A) politicians appoint bureaucrats to represent the public
• B) citizens represent their own interests through referendums
• C) citizens elect politicians to make political decisions on their behalf
• D) politicians appoint citizens to serve in deliberative bodies

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Definitions:

Statistically Significant

A term indicating that the likelihood of obtaining the observed data, or more extreme, by chance is low if the null hypothesis is true.

True Differences

Real or actual variations observed between groups or conditions in a study, as opposed to variations caused by error or chance.

Chance Differences

Refers to variations in data that result from random factors or fluctuations, as opposed to differences caused by specific variables.

Sampling Distribution

Theoretical distribution of the frequency of all possible outcomes of a study conducted with a given sample size.