Modern efforts to measure, shape, and exploit public opinion have spawned two linked industries: ______.

A. scientific polling and public relations
B. scientific polling and advertising
C. public relations and political science
D. statistics and advertising


Answer: A

Political Science

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In 2011, more than one thousand demonstrators including leading environmentalist Bill McKibben were arrested for sitting for two weeks in front of the White House to express opposition to the Keystone Pipeline permit. Their actions are a form of

a. aggressive participation. b. violent participation. c. civil disobedience. d. social responsibility. e. nonviolent resistance.

Political Science

The powers of the national government that are specifically stated in the U.S. Constitution are referred to as

A) delegated powers. B) implied powers. C) inherent powers. D) reserved powers.

Political Science

What became a less effective of a tool or safeguard to ensure accountability as government took on more relationships with third-party interests?

a. rule of law b. the Magna Carta c. ability to prosecute d. fewer politicians

Political Science

If a researcher begins with an empirical observation and infers constructs on the basis of that observation, he or she is engaging in

A) deductive reasoning. B) hasty generalization. C) inductive reasoning. D) modal logic.

Political Science