If a Legislative Body Was Composed of 15 Percent Latinos

question 56

Multiple Choice

If a legislative body was composed of 15 percent Latinos and 70 percent males in a state whose residents were 35 percent Latino and 50 percent male,the legislative body could be said to lack

• A)agency representation.
• B)sociological representation.
• C)delegate representation.
• D)trustee representation.

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Definitions:

Construct

An abstraction that cannot be seen directly but is valued because it helps organize the myriad of potential observations in the real world.

Content Bias

A condition which occurs when testing materials are more familiar to one group than another.

Epistemology

The branch of philosophy concerned with the theory of knowledge, its nature, sources, and limitations.

World View

The fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual or society's knowledge and point of view.