When the Media Focus on the Relative Standing of Candidates

question 72

Multiple Choice

When the media focus on the relative standing of candidates rather than their policy proposals, they are engaged in:

• A) horse race coverage.
• B) attack journalism.
• C) soft news.
• D) hard news.
• E) filtering.

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Definitions:

T Test

A statistical hypothesis test used to compare the means of two groups and determine if they come from the same population by analyzing the difference.

T Value

A value calculated in a t-test that assesses the difference between two means relative to the variation in the data.

Critical Value

The threshold or point on the test distribution that is compared with the test statistic to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

T Value

A statistic used in hypothesis testing to determine if there is a significant difference between two groups.