How did a new breed of "precision pollsters" in 2012 markedly alter the way established firms conducted polling?
A) By focusing on trends of only a few groups, especially in the swing states, to accurately
predict an Obama win in both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
B) By focusing on trends in various groups, especially in the non-swing states, to accurately
predict an Obama win in both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
C) By focusing on trends in various groups, especially in the swing states, to accurately predict
an Obama win in both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
D) By focusing on trends in Democratic groups, especially in the swing states, to accurately
predict an Obama win in both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
C
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Ansell and Samuels (2014) argue that the effect of inequality on democratization is dependent on the type of inequality: ______ inequality is positively associated with democratization, while ______ inequality is negatively associated with democratization.
A. income; land B. land; income C. political; land D. income; political
Which of the following are used to summarize the central tendency of quantitative variables?
A. mean and mode
B. variance and range
C.
and
D. median and mean