While eating breakfast you read an article in the newspaper that uses a public opinion survey to support the claim that Americans are going to vote out congressional incumbents in the next election cycle
What sort of information would you need to know to assess the accuracy of the polling data? Make an argument for why, even in spite of concerns about accuracy, public opinion polls are generally reliable.
What will be an ideal response?
An ideal response will:
1, Discuss how survey research in general faces a range of problems in ensuring accuracy.
2, Explain how sample size, nonrandom samples, Internet polling, the rise of cell phone usage, leading questions, timing, and intensity all can affect the reliability of public opinion polls.
3, Argue that public opinion polls, when properly conducted, can capture generally rational public sentiments.
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Over the course of the early 2000s, the Supreme Court ruled that detainees have a right to which of the following?
a. due process b. the assistance of counsel c. equal protection d. habeas corpus
The influence of interest groups through the courts occurs through
A. both initiating lawsuits and lobbying for certain judges to be appointed to the bench. B. initiating lawsuits. C. PACs. D. outside lobbying only. E. lobbying for certain judges to be appointed to the bench.