When Public Opinion Is Not Stable, Its Movements Can Usually

question 73

Multiple Choice

When public opinion is not stable, its movements can usually be explained by which of the following?

• A) polling-method errors
• B) measurement errors that have failed to cancel one another out
• C) responses to changed conditions
• D) random individual changes that have failed to cancel one another out

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Definitions:

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Thematic Apperception Test

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MMPI

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Demand Characteristics

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