By November 2013, Polling on Gun Control Had Returned to Its

question 39

Multiple Choice

By November 2013, polling on gun control had returned to its pre-Newtown levels. This shows us that:

• A) other cues such as partisanship were more important than the Newtown incident in forming opinions.
• B) Americans have inherently unstable opinions.
• C) the media has an important influence on public opinion.
• D) the original polls most likely did not involve a random sample.
• E) gun control is an issue that we should not conduct polls about.

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Definitions:

Stabilizing Selection

A type of natural selection that favors the average individuals in a population and reduces variation around the mean phenotype.

Gene Pool

All the alleles of all the genes in a population; a pool of genetic resources.

Bottleneck Effect

A sharp reduction in the size of a population due to environmental events or human activities, resulting in a decrease in genetic diversity.

Gene Pool

The complete set of unique genes within a population or species, constituting the genetic diversity that can be passed through reproduction.