The Term Public Opinion Itself Refers to

question 75

Multiple Choice

The term public opinion itself refers to

• A)an aggregate opinion of the public, which is properly treated as a single entity.
• B)an aggregate opinion of the public, which should not be treated as a single entity.
• C)individual expressions of preferences, which should be treated as rational.
• D)individual expressions of preferences, which cannot be assumed to be rational.

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Definitions:

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of the middle or centre of a distribution, commonly measured by mean, median, or mode.

Data

Information that has been translated into a form that is efficient for movement or processing.

Weighted Mean

An average where each data point contributes to the mean with a weight that reflects its importance or frequency.

Median

The middle value in a set of data when the values are arranged in ascending or descending order, or the average of the two middle values when there is an even number of values.