Chapter 10 Vocab

Question 1

American National Election Studies

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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

Question 3

Exit polls

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Polls conducted as voters leave selected polling places on election day

Question 4

George Gallup

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

Question 5

Liberal

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

Question 6

Libertarian

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

Question 7

Margin of Error

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

Question 8

Moderate

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

Question 9

Political ideology

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The coherent set of values and beliefs about the purpose and scope of government held by groups and individuals

Question 10

Political socialization

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The process through which individuals acquire their political beliefs and values

Question 11

Population

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

Question 12

public opinion

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views prevalent among the general public

Question 13

public opinion poll

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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 poll

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

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Random Sampling

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A method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected

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Sample

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The act, process, or technique of selecting a representative part of a population for the purpose of determining parameters or characteristics of the whole population

Question 17

Sampling Error

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A sampling error is a statistical error that occurs when an analyst does not select a sample that represents the entire population of data and the results found in the sample do not represent the results that would be obtained from the entire population

Question 18

Social Conservative

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A political ideology that focuses on the preservation of what are seen as traditional values. The accepted goals and ideologies related to preserving traditions and morality often vary from group to group within social conservatism

Question 19

Statist

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A man who believes that some men have the right to force, coerce, enslave, rob, and murder others. To be put into practice, this belief has to be implemented by the political doctrine that the government—the state—has the right to initiate the use of physical force against its citizens

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Stratified Sampling

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A method of sampling that involves the division of a population into smaller groups known as strata. In stratified random sampling, or stratification, the strata are formed based on members’ shared attributes or characteristics

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Straw polls

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A large-scale, scientifically determined public opinion survey based on a random sample of the population. Straw polls are commonly used to test public opinion of candidates running for office

Question 22

Tracking poll

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A type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge