The data in the graph reflects a difference in the number of laws that were passed in unified Congresses. The usefulness of this data for comparison is limited by which of the following?

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The question asks about why the data in the graph comparing new laws passed by unified Congresses has limited usefulness for comparison.
Option: 'The data is not presented as the percentage of proposed legislation passed.' This is a valid critique. When you count the raw number of laws passed in each Congress, you are not accounting for how many proposals were actually considered or introduced in each term. If one Congress proposed many more laws than another, a higher count of laws passed could simply reflect more proposals rather than a higher success rate. Normalizing the data by showing the percentage of proposed bills that become law would allow a fairer comparison across Congresses with different levels of legislative activity.
Note: If there were other options provided, we would evaluate them similarly by checking whether they identify issues like differing total numbers of proposals, differing baselines, or other factors that distort direct comparisons. In this case, the listed option correctly identifies a normalization issue that limits usefulness for comparison.

APGOV25 T4. Ch. 4 Test MCQ

The data in the graph reflects a difference in the number of laws that were passed in unified Congresses. The usefulness of this data for comparison is limited by which of the following?

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