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Describe How Public Opinion Is Measured

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Describe how public opinion is measured. What is sampling and what is it meant to accomplish? Describe some of the problems and biases of polling, such as push polling and question wording. How do the social desirability effect and the bandwagon effect each distort the measurement of opinion?


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