Accidental Mobilization Occurs When

question 84

Multiple Choice

Accidental mobilization occurs when

• A) people are mistakenly contacted by a political party on Election Day.
• B) individuals are exposed to political information that they did not explicitly seek out.
• C) a candidate makes a verbal gaffe that leads new groups of people to vote in an election.
• D) turnout in a midterm congressional election is much higher than analysts predict.
• E) interest groups, rather than political parties, mobilize the majority of voters in an election.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, showing how the statistic varies from sample to sample.

Populations

Populations in statistical analysis refer to entire groups of individuals, events, or items which share at least one common characteristic.

Standard Error

Refers to the standard deviation of the distribution of sample means around the population mean.

Sample Means

The average values calculated from samples, used as estimates of the population mean.