The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA) That Was Enacted

question 31

Multiple Choice

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA) that was enacted in February 2009 to stimulate the nation's economy distributed money to state and local governments for specific government programs related to health, nutrition, and income security. This money was a

• A) block grant.
• B) categorical project grant.
• C) categorical formula grant.
• D) federal loan.
• E) conditional grant.

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Multiplication Concept

A fundamental mathematical operation representing the repeated addition of a number by itself a specified number of times.

Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test

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Relative Frequency Distributions

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Specified Median

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