Special Spending Projects Set Aside on Behalf of Individual Members

question 130

Multiple Choice

Special spending projects set aside on behalf of individual members of Congress for their constituents are known as

• A)window dressing.
• B)gerrymandering.
• C)earmarks.
• D)franking privileges.
• E)incumbency advantages.

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Definitions:

Standardized Residual

The value obtained by dividing a residual by its standard deviation.

Studentized Deleted Residuals

Standardized residuals that are based on a revised standard error of the estimate obtained by deleting observation i from the data set and then performing the regression analysis and computations.

Residual Transformation

Residual transformation involves altering the residuals from a data model, possibly to meet the assumptions of linear regression such as normality or homoscedasticity.

Estimated Regression Equation

A formula that models the relationship between one or more independent variables and a dependent variable.