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A survey administered to a sample drawn from a local community finds that a person's political party affiliation is related to whether or not they favor an increase in local sales tax (the headline of a newspaper story based on this poll reads: "Republicans support proposed tax increase") .This is an example of the use of


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Poverty Income Threshold

A specified income level, set by government standards, below which an individual or family is considered to be living in poverty.

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