Pollsters attempting to draw conclusions about a large population with a scientific poll rely on what?
a. sample basis
b. tracking polls
c. television polls
d. random sampling
ANS: A
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Minister Margaret Thatcher pushed the following policies to boost the U.K.'s economy: a. moderate reforms of the nations' large welfare state and controlled economy. b. total privatization of the National Health Service. c. increases in immigration, along with extensive market reforms. d. privatization of state-owned industries, more restrictions on unions, and welfare state and tax cuts.
Native American tribes
a. are a part of the federal government. b. are not subject to any laws other than their own. c. have sovereignty over their internal affairs. d. represent a declining field in public administration.
The poll tax that was first imposed in Georgia in 1877 was a way to prohibit _____ from voting
A) farmers B) suffragette women C) white men D) disenfranchised blacks E) immigrants
A researcher studying the ratings of men and women toward the Democratic Party hypothesizes that women will give Democrats a higher rating than will men. The female mean rating is 52.5 with a standard error of 1.2 points. The male mean rating is 47.1 with a standard error of 1.6 points. Should the researcher reject the null hypothesis?
a. No, because the lower boundary for women overlaps the upper boundary for men b. Yes, because the lower boundary for women overlaps the upper boundary for men c. No, because the boundaries do not overlap d. Yes, because the boundaries overlap