Why Did the Length of Time Required to Develop an Administrative

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Multiple Choice

Why did the length of time required to develop an administrative rule grow from an average of 15 months to an average of more than 35 months over the last four decades?

• A)The federal government is now required to allow the public to vote on all new rules during either a midterm congressional or presidential election.
• B)The federal government must now consult all 50 state governments before a rule can be implemented.
• C)The number of employees working in the federal government has grown dramatically, thereby increasing the number of people who must provide feedback on all new rules.
• D)There are now new procedures requiring more public notice, more public hearings, more cost-benefit analysis, and stronger legal obligations to prepare "environmental impact statements."

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Definitions:

Mean

The mean of a number set, determined by dividing the sum of all the values by the total count of values.

Interquartile Range

A measure of variability that describes the range within which the middle 50% of a data set lies, calculated as the difference between the 75th and 25th percentiles.

Variability

Variability refers to the extent to which data points in a distribution differ from each other and from the mean of the distribution.

First Quartile

The median of the lower half of a dataset, also called the lower quartile.