A research assistant is entering data into a dataset on individual attitudes regarding social issues. He did not get enough sleep the night before and occasionally enters the wrong code for some individuals. This is an example of _________________.

a. Systematic error
b. Random error
c. Validity
d. Reliability

b. Random error

Political Science

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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As president, Andrew Jackson introduced the ________, which awarded federal offices as a reward for political service

A) merit system. B) impeachment process C) system of logrolling D) process of gerrymandering E) spoils system

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