PLS 101 EXAM 3 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Sample.
Answer: Subset of the whole population selected to be questioned
for the purpose of prediction or gauging opinion
◉ Sampling error.
Answer: indicates the likelihood that the responses of the sample
accurately represents the view of the population
◉ Socioeconomic status.
Answer: a person or group's position in society, based on a
combination of education, occupational status and income
◉ Tracking polls.
Answer: continuous surveys that enable a campaign or news
organization to chart a candidates daily rise or fall in support
◉ Exit polls.
Answer: polls conducted as voters leave selected polling places on
election day
, ◉ Political participation.
Answer: actions of private citizens by which they seek to influence
or support government and politics
◉ Terrorism.
Answer: Armed propaganda
◉ Supportive behavior.
Answer: Actions that express allegiance government and country
◉ Suffrage/Franchise.
Answer: The right to vote
◉ Progressivism.
Answer: philosophy of political reform based upon the goodness and
wisdom of the citizen as opposed to special interests and political
institutions
◉ Recall.
Answer: an election in which voters can remove an incumbent from
office prior to the next scheduled election
WITH SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ Sample.
Answer: Subset of the whole population selected to be questioned
for the purpose of prediction or gauging opinion
◉ Sampling error.
Answer: indicates the likelihood that the responses of the sample
accurately represents the view of the population
◉ Socioeconomic status.
Answer: a person or group's position in society, based on a
combination of education, occupational status and income
◉ Tracking polls.
Answer: continuous surveys that enable a campaign or news
organization to chart a candidates daily rise or fall in support
◉ Exit polls.
Answer: polls conducted as voters leave selected polling places on
election day
, ◉ Political participation.
Answer: actions of private citizens by which they seek to influence
or support government and politics
◉ Terrorism.
Answer: Armed propaganda
◉ Supportive behavior.
Answer: Actions that express allegiance government and country
◉ Suffrage/Franchise.
Answer: The right to vote
◉ Progressivism.
Answer: philosophy of political reform based upon the goodness and
wisdom of the citizen as opposed to special interests and political
institutions
◉ Recall.
Answer: an election in which voters can remove an incumbent from
office prior to the next scheduled election
