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Which choice best describes data from the graph description that weaken the team's hypothesis? In the United States, firms often seek incentives from municipal governments to expand to those municipalities. A team of political scientists hypothesized that municipalities are much more likely to respond to firms and offer incentives if expansions can be announced in time to benefit local elected officials than if they can't. The team contacted officials in thousands of municipalities, inquiring about incentives for a firm looking to expand and indicating that the firm would announce its expansion on a date either just before or just after the next election. Data summary: - No response: 1,252 (before election) vs 1,248 (after election) - Responded to inquiry: 207 (before election) vs 205 (after election) - Offered incentive: 128 (before election) vs 122 (after election)
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- 1A large majority of the municipalities that received an inquiry mentioning plans for an announcement before the next election did not respond to the inquiry.
- 2The proportion of municipalities that responded to the inquiry or offered incentives didn't substantially differ across the announcement timing conditions.✓
- 3Only around half the municipalities that responded to inquiries mentioning plans for an announcement before the next election offered incentives.
- 4Of the municipalities that received an inquiry mentioning plans for an announcement date after the next election, more than 1,200 didn't respond and only around 100 offered incentives.
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The proportion of municipalities that responded to the inquiry or offered incentives didn't substantially differ across the announcement timing conditions.
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