Pollsters can partially guard against nonattitudes by
a. checking voting records.
b. consulting focus groups first.
c. selecting respondents who have some knowledge of the issue at hand.
d. supplying a “no opinion” option.
e. wording their questions more carefully.
ANS: D
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Taxes that pay for national highways or parks are __________, while those that pay for Medicaid or other social welfare programs are __________
A) redistributive; distributive B) distributive; redistributive C) flat; progressive D) regressive; flat E) redistributive; progressive
Which of the following factors contributed to colonists' strong support for the Bill of Rights?
What will be an ideal response?
A carefully structured or scripted set of questions that may be administered face-to-face, by telephone, by mail, by Internet, or by other means is called a
a. Survey instrument b. Interview c. Sampling frame d. Push poll