During the 1930s, Most of the Important Regulatory Programs Were

question 108

Multiple Choice

During the 1930s, most of the important regulatory programs were delegated to independent commissions with direct responsibility to Congress rather than to the president.This lack of presidential control was the basis of the 1930s reference to these agencies as the

• A)administrative zombies.
• B)headless fourth branch.
• C)scarecrow without a brain.
• D)ghosts in the bureaucratic machine.
• E)congressional machine.

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Definitions:

Observational Study

A research method in which the investigator passively observes and records phenomena without altering the environment or conditions.

Sample Survey

A method of collecting data by selecting a subset of individuals from a population to estimate characteristics of the whole population.

Double-Blind Experiment

An experimental method in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, to prevent bias.

Double Blind

An experimental design where neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment, preventing bias in research results.