One of the Drawbacks to Media Coverage of Politics Is

question 37

Multiple Choice

One of the drawbacks to media coverage of politics is its _________.

• A) focus on the horse-race aspects of campaigns.
• B) focus on policy rather than scandal.
• C) repetitious scrutiny of government actions.
• D) extensive coverage of foreign affairs.
• E) inability to criticize government officials.

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Definitions:

Negative Association

A correlation between two variables in which one variable decreases as the other increases, indicating an inverse relationship.

Moderate Association

A statistical term describing a relationship between two variables that is not weak, but not strongly predictive either, often indicated by a correlation coefficient that is neither close to 0 nor to 1.

Moderately Strong Association

A statistical term indicating that there is a noticeable but not overwhelming relationship between two variables.

Little or No Association

A term used in statistics to describe a situation where there is minimal or no statistical relationship between two variables.