Why Is Direct Command by the President Over the Executive

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Multiple Choice

Why is direct command by the president over the executive branch seldom feasible?

• A)There is so much going on that presidents can't keep personal track of each one of the millions of government officials and employees.
• B) Presidents don't have the power to hire and fire top executive officials.
• C) Presidents have difficulty communicating their desires to top executive officials.
• D) The president's directives are many times overshadowed by those of Congress.
• E) All members of the executive branch, other than the president, are protected by civil service laws.

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Z

Often referred to as the Z-score, which is a statistical measure that describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values.

Normal Probability Distribution

A statistical function that describes all the possible values and likelihoods that a random variable can take within a given range, characterized by its bell-shaped curve, symmetric about the mean.

Standard Deviation

A statistical metric that quantifies the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of the values by the number of values.