In a study of partisanship and attitudes toward social welfare spending while controlling for gender a researcher finds that women are 15 points more likely than men to support social welfare spending. This is an example of ______.
A) a zero-order relationship
B) the partial effect of gender
C) the normative effect of gender
D) the nominal effect of gender

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The statement describes the partial effect of gender, which refers to the relationship between one variable (in this case, gender) and the dependent variable (attitudes toward social welfare spending) while controlling for the effects of other variables (in this case, partisanship). This is in contrast to the zero-order relationship, which would only describe the simple association between gender and attitudes toward social welfare spending without controlling for other factors. The normative effect and nominal effect of gender are not applicable in this context.

In a Study of Partisanship and Attitudes Toward Social Welfare