Which of the Following Statements Best Describes Congress's Influence Over

question 51

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements best describes Congress's influence over agency budgets?

• A) Congress has final say over all department budgets, but has no control of the budgets of independent agencies.
• B) Congress has final say over the budgets of independent agencies, but has no control of department budgets.
• C) Congress has the authority to appropriate money to agencies.
• D) Congress influences the initial budget proposal, but depends on the president for appropriations of federal money.

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Definitions:

Dependent Variable

The variable in an experiment or model that is expected to change in response to changes in the independent variable.

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effects on the dependent variable.

SSE

Stands for Sum of Squared Errors, a measure used in statistics to indicate the difference between the observed and predicted values.

Coefficient Of Determination

A statistical measure, often denoted as R^2, that illustrates the proportion of variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable or variables in a regression model.