Explain how selection bias and presentation bias can affect the way the media bring a story to the public as well as how the public perceives an issue.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary.
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How does the International Monetary Fund (IMF) compare with the World Bank?
A. The IMF works to balance international payments, whereas the World Bank works to balance national accounts. B. The IMF coordinates international currency exchange and the balance of international payments, whereas the World Bank provides development loans to developing countries. C. The IMF has states as members, whereas the World Bank has regional banks such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development as members. D. The IMF prefers the operation of multinational corporations across borders, whereas the World Bank prefers the operation of national companies across borders.
In the Federalist Papers, James Madison warned of the dangers of factions. Today, we would probably use what term instead of the word faction?
a. Antifederalists b. countries c. special interest groups d. political leaders e. third parties
A __________ is any theory, method, or belief that appears to be based in science but is not
a. null science b. pseudoscience c. irrationalism d. fringe theory
The fact that some people in the United States may not have a telephone or only have a cell phone or refuse to participate in polls illustrates what about scientific polling? Group of answer choices
A. Pollsters can overcome any problems with the sample to make sure the results are not biased.
B. Nothing really because these people constitute a very small part of the population.
C. No poll is completely free of the biases they introduce in drawing the sample.
D. There is really no such thing as scientific polling and these problems make polls unreliable.