Question 1

Which of the following statements is true?

Accepted Answer

A)   Sampling error can be eliminated from a mass survey.
B)   Sampling error prevents any poll results from being taken seriously.
C)   Sampling error is usually lower if the majority of the sample includes people with a four-year college degree.
D)   Sampling error is usually lower if the majority of the sample includes people with strong political opinions.
E)   Sampling error decreases as the size of the sample gets larger.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

When the geographical region that you grow up in affects which party you vote for, what is it called?

Accepted Answer

A)   party identification
B)   latent opinion
C)   ideological polarization
D)   political socialization
E)   public opinionF) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 3

What do opinions on Obamacare most closely align with?

Accepted Answer

A)   a respondent's ideology and party identification
B)   a respondent's race and ethnicity
C)   whether a respondent previously had health care
D)   the length of time a respondent spends watching the news
E)   the level of education of a respondentF) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 4

An individual would be expressing what scholars call a "latent opinion" if asked for the first time to state a position on a complicated issue such as deficit reduction.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Imagine that you opened up the newspaper tomorrow and saw a public opinion poll about a major policy issue. What things would you look at to determine the quality of the poll? What would make you find the results more persuasive? What would make you question whether the results were valid?

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Question 6

What is one way to get a good sample for a mass survey?

Accepted Answer

A)   volunteered responses
B)   random digit dialing
C)   issue scales
D)   push polls
E)   convenience samplingF) B) and D)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

Political scientists became critical of public opinion research conducted in the 1950s because:

Accepted Answer

A)   researchers in the 1950s lacked the tools to conduct a nationwide survey.
B)   these early studies relied primarily on focus group research.
C)   these early studies oversampled wealthy respondents because they were the most likely to own a telephone.
D)   these early studies asked questions unrelated to politics.
E)   researchers had an overly narrow view of what public opinion should be.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

Most Americans' political judgments are based on latent opinions. What does that mean and what are latent opinions based upon? Provide an example of an issue in which most Americans would base their judgment on a latent opinion.

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