Systematic Attempts to Make Inferences About the Opinions of Large

question 38

Multiple Choice

Systematic attempts to make inferences about the opinions of large numbers of individuals by carefully sampling and asking questions to a small, randomly assigned sample of the larger population are defined as

• A)public opinion surveys.
• B)straw polls.
• C)self-selected listener opinion polls.
• D)exit polls.

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Definitions:

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Eye Socket

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Lobotomy

A now-rare psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients. The procedure cut the nerves connecting the frontal lobes to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain.

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