Which of the Following Statements About Interest Group Coalitions Is

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about interest group coalitions is LEAST accurate?

• A) Coalitions expand individual interest groups' access to resources.
• B) Coalitions allow individual interest groups to enhance their visibility.
• C) Because interest groups are driven purely by ideology, they never form coalitions with groups whose views are not the same as their own.
• D) Government officials often prefer to work with coalitions because they show the possibilities for consensus on a given policy.
• E) Entering into a coalition may require interest groups to abandon or deemphasize certain parts of their agendas in order to retain the support of their coalition members.

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Definitions:

Hypothesis Testing

A statistical method to decide whether to accept or reject a hypothesis based on sample data.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is true. Often denoted by alpha, it's a measure of the risk of a Type I error.

Confidence Coefficient

The probability level associated with a confidence interval, often expressed as a percentage, indicating the degree of certainty in the estimate.

Type I Error

A statistical error that occurs when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected.