Public Opinion
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- Q1Refers to how people think or feel about certain thingspublic opinionindividual opinionpublic thoughtmass opinion10s
- Q2What kind of government did the Framers attempt to create?One whose purpose is to achieve certain ethereal goalsOne whose purpose is do react to the general public quicklyOne whose purpose is to do what the people want from day to dayOne whose purpose is to achieve certain substantive goals10s
- Q3Which of these is not in the Preamble to ConstitutionLife, Liberty, PropertyDomestic TranquilityGeneral WelfarePerfect Union10s
- Q4One way to achieve the goals of the Preamble ispopular ruleunpopular rulegroup rulemass rule10s
- Q5Which of the following is not a means to achieve the goals of the Preamble?separation of powersdependent judiciaryfederalismrepresentative government10s
- Q6Which one of the following is not a check on public opinion?pubic rulerepresentative governmentfederalismindependent judiciary10s
- Q7Do people answer questions in surveys about issues about which they know nothing?Not reallyYesNoMaybe10s
- Q8Why do businesses care about public opinion?promotion of peoplebuilding headquartersproduct placement on a shelfprofit/loss10s
- Q9Who first started trying to learn public opinion?medical professionalspolitical scientistscorporationsthe government10s
- Q10When was the first public opinion poll conducted to look at the issue of voting?1950s1930s1920s1940s10s
- Q11Most citizens are:caring of public policyextremely knowledgeable about the US governmentwell informed about government policyare aware of limited in information10s
- Q12a survey of public opinionerrorman on the streetpollsample10s
- Q13How many people does it take to capture the opinion of 300 million citizens?1,50001,5000,0001,500150,00010s
- Q14What is necessary to achieve reasonably accurate measures of how people think?a regional samplea set samplea random samplea large sample10s
- Q15The difference between the results of random samples taken at the same timesampling errormistaken samplingrandom samplingbad sampling10s