The controversial free-speech issue of whether the First Amendment protects the right to burn or deface an American flag is concerned with
a. obscenity.
b. symbolic speech.
c. commercial speech.
d. libel and slander.
e. the right to a fair trial.
B
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A __________ represents individuals in one occupational category that typically requires an advance degree
a. think tank b. public interest group c. ideological lobby d. professional association
The average American exhibits a great deal of knowledge of political institutions, processes, leaders, and policy debates
a. true b. false
Better communication among participants is generally achieved by all of the following EXCEPT which?
a.) screening interviews b.) roughly homogeneous groups c.) choosing participants that already know each other d.) choosing participants that are strangers
Which of the following statements about sampling is true?
a. It is pretty easy to draw a random sample of the population in order to measure public opinion accurately. b. The larger the sample the more closely the sample’s answers will closely approximate the answers if the entire population could be asked. c. Larger samples are always better so the results from a sample of 2,000 will be twice as accurate as the results from a sample of 1,000. d. Pollsters who can draw good samples can virtually eliminate any errors in polling.