The Tendency of the Major Parties in a Two-Party System

question 85

True/False

The tendency of the major parties in a two-party system to have very similar policy positions is a result of the convergence of positions.

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Definitions:

Frequency Polygon

A graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data. It is a line graph of class frequencies plotted against mid-point values.

Normal Distribution

A bell-shaped distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence.

Outliers

Data points that significantly differ from other observations in a dataset, potentially indicating a measurement error or a different underlying process.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of an entire distribution of data, aiming to provide a description of the set’s overall behavior.