If Politicians Talk to Journalists on Background

question 17

Multiple Choice

If politicians talk to journalists on background,

• A) it means they are speaking off the record.
• B) it means they are trying to enhance their name recognition.
• C) it means they are trying to get media attention for their campaigns.
• D) it means they are seeking to get personal credit for a policy or program success.

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Definitions:

Skewness

A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; indicates how the tail on one side of the distribution compares to the tail on the other side.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean.

Dispersed

Spread out over a wide area; not concentrated in one place.

Grade Distribution

The spread of grades given for a specific academic assessment, typically shown as a frequency distribution.