Public Opinion

Prediction of human behavior by analyzing past behavior is:

• Holocaust

• Social Science

• Public Opinion

• Science

Why SHOULD public opinion matter?

• Government's legitimacy rests on citizens believing in government serves them

• Politicians act as though the public is keeping tabs on them

What percent of people thought Hillary Clinton was an "actual" demon in 2016?

• 9%

• 12%

• 85%

• 19%

Response Differential is a polling complication in which:

• bad question

• sample is not representative

• respondents lied

All are types of polls EXCEPT

• Personal Contact Polls

• Phone Polls

• Exit Polls

• Social Media Polls

Most important gauge of public opinion:

• Public Policy

• Congress' Approval Ratings

• President's Approval Ratings

• Governor's Approval Ratings

Recommended number of respondents for the best sample error is:

• 2000

• 1500

• 15

• 500

Random Sample is:

• Measure of reliability

• Measure of Accuracy

• Respondents are randomly chosen with same chance of being chosen

Study that concluded MMR vaccines cause Autism

• Was an accurate and reproduced study

• Was ignored by the media

• Had a sample size of 1432

• Was fraudulent

The difference between actual population and sample is:

• Noise

• Fuzzy Numbers

• Sampling Error

• Selection Bias