The Abortion Issue Is Conflictual Because

question 57

Multiple Choice

The abortion issue is conflictual because:

• A) citizens like to fight.
• B) politicians are inherently unwilling to compromise.
• C) the differences are rooted in ideology and personal beliefs.
• D) talk-radio hosts and others in the media manufacture conflict where none would otherwise exist on the issue.
• E) most Americans are unaware of the issue.

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Definitions:

Population Mean

The mean of all members of a whole population, representing the central tendency of the population data.

Sample Mean

The average of a set of observations or scores taken from a sample.

Skewed

Refers to a distribution that is not symmetric and has a tail that extends more towards one side than the other.

Measures Of Center

Statistical measures that describe the central tendency of a dataset, including the mean, median, and mode.