Benny chapter 10

Question 1

American National election studies

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are academically-run national surveys of voters in the United States, conducted before and after every presidential election

Question 2

conservative

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holding to traditional attitudes and values and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion

Question 3

exit polls

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a poll of people leaving a polling place, asking how they voted

Question 4

George Gallup

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George Horace Gallup was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a successful statistical method of survey sampling for measuring public opinion.

Question 5

liberal

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open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.

Question 6

libertarian

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a person who believes in the doctrine of free will.

Question 7

margin of error

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an amount (usually small) that is allowed for in case of miscalculation or change of circumstances

Question 8

moderate

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a person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.

Question 9

political ideology

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is a certain set of ethical ideals, principles, doctrines, myths or symbols of a social movement, institution, class or large group that explains how society should work and offers some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order

Question 10

political socialization

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s a lifelong process by which people form their ideas about politics and acquire political values. The family, educational system, peer groups, and the mass media all play a role

Question 11

population

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is all the organisms of the same group or species, which live in a particular geographical area, and have the capability of interbreeding.

Question 12

public opinion

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views prevalent among the general public.

Question 13

public opinion polls

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are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence intervals

Question 14

push polls

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an ostensible opinion poll in which the true objective is to sway voters using loaded or manipulative questions

Question 15

random sampling

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In statistics, a simple random sample is a subset of individuals chosen from a larger set. Each individual is chosen randomly and entirely by chance, such that each individual has the same probability

Question 16

sample

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a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.

Question 17

sampling error

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

Question 18

social conservative

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is 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.

Question 19

statist

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

Question 20

stratified sampling

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In statistics, stratified sampling is a method of sampling from a population. In statistical surveys, when subpopulations within an overall population vary, it could be advantageous to sample each subpopulation independently.

Question 21

straw polls

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an unofficial ballot conducted as a test of opinion.

Question 22

tracking polls

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