Another Way of Describing Single-Member Districts with Plurality Win Is

question 29

Multiple Choice

Another way of describing single-member districts with plurality win is to use the phrase __________.

• A)last to finish
• B)first past the post
• C)rule by the majority
• D)voter turnout

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Definitions:

Proportions

A statistical measure that reflects the fraction of the total number of items in a particular category.

Chi-squared Distribution

A probability distribution that arises in statistics from the sum of squared independent standard normal variates and is used in significance testing.

Proportions

Statistical measures that indicate the relative size of one part compared to another part or to the whole.

One-tail Test

A statistical test that determines the significance of one end (tail) of the data distribution, often used to test a directional hypothesis.