What Role Does the Press Play in Helping Citizens Monitor

question 36

Multiple Choice

What role does the press play in helping citizens monitor their elected leaders?

• A) They help by evaluating the claims of politicians and determining whether they are telling the truth.
• B) The press ferrets out incompetence and malfeasance when challengers fail to perform due diligence.
• C) They help create informational shortcuts so voters can digest news more easily.
• D) They adopt a hostile tone toward the government so citizens are not easily fooled by promises.

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Definitions:

Level Of Confidence

The probability that the value of a parameter falls within a specified range of values, often related to confidence intervals in statistics.

Confidence Interval

A range of values, derived from sample data, that is likely to contain the value of an unknown population parameter.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values around the mean.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected from a subset of a population for the purpose of statistical analysis.