Chapter 10 Vocab

Question 1

American National Election Studies (ANES)

Answer 1

The American National Election Studies serves the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, policy makers and journalists. We produce high quality data from our surveys on voting, public opinion, and political participation.

Question 2

conservative

Answer 2

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

Question 3

exit polls

Answer 3

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

Question 4

George Gallup

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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

Question 6

libertarian

Answer 6

an adherent of libertarianism.

Question 7

margin of error

Answer 7

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

Question 8

moderate

Answer 8

a person who holds moderate views, especially in politics.

Question 9

political ideology

Answer 9

In social studies, a political ideology 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

Answer 10

Political socialization is a lifelong process by which people form their ideas about politics and acquire political values.

Question 11

population

Answer 11

In a public opinion poll, the people whose opinions are being estimated through interviews with a sample of these people.

Question 12

public opinion

Answer 12

views prevalent among the general public.

Question 13

public opinion polls

Answer 13

Opinion polls 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

Answer 14

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

Question 15

random sampling

Answer 15

In statistics, a simple random sample is a subset of individuals chosen from a larger set.

Question 16

sample

Answer 16

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

Question 17

sampling error

Answer 17

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

Question 18

social conservative

Answer 18

Social conservatism refers to conservative values on non-fiscal matters, such as the promoting defense of marriage, opposition to abortion, opposition to homosexuality, and promoting common sense Christian values.

Question 19

statist

Answer 19

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

Question 20

stratified sampling

Answer 20

n 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

Answer 21

an unofficial ballot conducted as a test of opinion.

Question 22

tracking polls

Answer 22

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