Janice feels uncomfortable working late hours in office every day. she decides to discuss the matter with her boss, merwyn. being a recent hire, she is hesitant and nervous to complain so early in her tenure. as she begins to speak, merwyn notices anxiety and discomfort in her facial expression and body language. using reflective listening, in response to janice's concerns, merwyn should first:

How has our understanding of the first sentence of the declaration of independence changed over time?

The authors of the paper "fudging the numbers: distributing chocolate influences student evaluations of an undergraduate course"† carried out a study to see if events unrelated to an undergraduate course could affect student evaluations. students enrolled in statistics courses taught by the same instructor participated in the study. all students attended the same lectures and one of six discussion sections that met once a week. at the end of the course, the researchers chose three of the discussion sections to be the "chocolate group." students in these three sections were offered chocolate prior to having them fill out course evaluations. students in the other three sections were not offered chocolate. the researchers concluded that "overall, students offered chocolate gave more positive evaluations than students not offered chocolate." indicate whether the study is an observational study or an experiment. give a brief explanation for your choice.

Which form of civic participation allows citizens a chance to influence local government?