AP GOV CH.10 FLAHCARDS- Eddy Ramirez

Question 1

American National Election Studies (ANES)

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Founded in 1952 by researchers at the University of Michigan and Stanford University, ANES collects data on the political attitudes and behavior among voters, such as party affiliation, voting practices, and opinions on parties and candidates

Question 2

Conservative

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One who favors limited government intervention, particularly in economic affairs

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Exit Polls

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Polls conducted as voters leave selected polling places on Election Day

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George Gallup

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One of the earliest developers of scientific methods for public opinion polling and a proponent for a strong role for the voice of the government in politics and government

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Liberal

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One who favors greater government intervention, particularly in economic affairs and in the provision

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Libertarian

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One who believes in limited government interference in personal and economic liberties

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Margin of Error

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A measure of the accuracy of a public opinion poll within statistical parameters

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Moderate

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A person who takes a relatively centrist or middle-of-the-road view on most political issues

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Political Socialization

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The process through which individuals acquire their political beliefs and values

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Population

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The entire group of people whose attitudes a researcher wishes to measure

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Public Opinion

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What the public thinks about a particular issue or set of issues at any point in time

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Public Opinion Polls

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Interviews or surveys with samples of citizens that are used to estimate the feelings and beliefs of the entire population

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Push Polls

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Polls taken for the purpose of providing information on an opponent that would lead respondents to vote against that candidate

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Random Sampling

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A method of poll selection that gives each person in a group the same chance of being selected

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Sample

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A subset of the whole population selected to be questioned for the purposes of prediction or gauging opinion

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Sampling Error

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error in a statistical analysis arising from the unrepresentativeness of the sample taken.

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Social Conservative

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the belief that society is built upon a fragile network of relationships which need to be upheld through duty, traditional values and established institutions. This can include moral issues

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Statist

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an advocate of a political system in which the state has substantial centralized control over social and economic affairs.

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Stratified Sampling

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a method of sampling from a population.

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Straw Polls

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an unofficial ballot conducted as a test of opinion.

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Tracking Polls

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a series of individual surveys repeated continuously over time to measure attitudinal and behavioral changes in a target population.

Question 22

sampling error

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error in a statistical analysis arising from the unrepresentativeness of the sample taken.