PSCI 2305 1 REVIEW CERTIFICATION
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ The term central location refers to the way numerical data tend to cluster
around some middle or central value..
Answer: True
◍ 1. The arithmetic mean is the middle of a data set..
Answer: False
◍ The variance and standard deviation are the most widely used measures of
central location..
Answer: False
◍ 1 elector for every 1
U. S. House of Representative (435) 2 electors for every 2 Senators per state
(100) 3 votes for
D. C. (23rd Amendment).
Answer: 1;2;3
◍ Political parties.
Answer: -Organized groups that seek to gain office & exercise political
power through legislation, executive action, & control of government
agencies-Are not in the constitution, but they elect how the country goes-
majority in every state.-Multiple candidates running will divide each other.
◍ The standard deviation is the positive square root of the variance..
Answer: True
◍ President Jefferson.
Answer: -Thought that parties would bring the electoral.-Does not like
, strong national government
◍ The coefficient of variation is a unit-free measure of dispersion..
Answer: True
◍ Outliers are extreme values above or below the mean that requires special
consideration..
Answer: True
◍ There is no meaningful measure of central location to describe a categorical
variable..
Answer: False
◍ The median is defined as the _____.
Answer: Middle point in the data set
◍ Rational Party Model.
Answer: -Sponsor candidates for political office-Want to control
government
◍ The mode is defined as the _____.
Answer: Most frequent in the data set.
◍ Which of the following is the most influenced by outliers?.
Answer: Arithmetic Mean
◍ Is it possible for a data set to have no mode?.
Answer: Yes, if there is no observations that occur more than once.
◍ The Boom company gas recently decided to raise the salaries of all
companies by 10%. Which of the following is (are) expected to be affected
by this raise?.
Answer: Mean, Median, Mode
◍ Responsible Party Model.
Answer: -Distinctive platforms from each parties-Carry out platform when
elected-Assumes clear ideological & philosophical differences between
parties
, ◍ The range is defined as ____.
Answer: Max - Min
◍ Party organization.
Answer: -National party organizations-State party organizations
◍ Party in government.
Answer: -Senate-House-White House
◍ 1. What is (are) the most widely used measures of dispersion?.
Answer: Variance and Standard Deviation
◍ What is the Median and Mode of 8, 12 ,12, 14, 22, 28, 30.
Answer: Median = 14 Mode = 12
◍ Party in the electorate.
Answer: -Card carrying members-Party identifiers
◍ GOTV.
Answer: Get Out to Vote
◍ The coefficient of variation is best described as _______..
Answer: A relative measure of dispersion
◍ What do parties do?.
Answer: -Recruit & nominate candidates for office; connect them with
supporters-Serve mechanism organizing US democracy-Facilitate governing
across 3 branches-Educate & inform voters-party label = cue-Get out to vote
(GOTV)-Integrate new groups
◍ PIG.
Answer: Party-in-Government: Officials elected under one party banner.
◍ PIE.
Answer: Party-in-the-Electorate: All citizens attach themselves to a political
party.
◍ What does the covariance measure?.
Answer: The direction of a linear relationship between two variables.
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ The term central location refers to the way numerical data tend to cluster
around some middle or central value..
Answer: True
◍ 1. The arithmetic mean is the middle of a data set..
Answer: False
◍ The variance and standard deviation are the most widely used measures of
central location..
Answer: False
◍ 1 elector for every 1
U. S. House of Representative (435) 2 electors for every 2 Senators per state
(100) 3 votes for
D. C. (23rd Amendment).
Answer: 1;2;3
◍ Political parties.
Answer: -Organized groups that seek to gain office & exercise political
power through legislation, executive action, & control of government
agencies-Are not in the constitution, but they elect how the country goes-
majority in every state.-Multiple candidates running will divide each other.
◍ The standard deviation is the positive square root of the variance..
Answer: True
◍ President Jefferson.
Answer: -Thought that parties would bring the electoral.-Does not like
, strong national government
◍ The coefficient of variation is a unit-free measure of dispersion..
Answer: True
◍ Outliers are extreme values above or below the mean that requires special
consideration..
Answer: True
◍ There is no meaningful measure of central location to describe a categorical
variable..
Answer: False
◍ The median is defined as the _____.
Answer: Middle point in the data set
◍ Rational Party Model.
Answer: -Sponsor candidates for political office-Want to control
government
◍ The mode is defined as the _____.
Answer: Most frequent in the data set.
◍ Which of the following is the most influenced by outliers?.
Answer: Arithmetic Mean
◍ Is it possible for a data set to have no mode?.
Answer: Yes, if there is no observations that occur more than once.
◍ The Boom company gas recently decided to raise the salaries of all
companies by 10%. Which of the following is (are) expected to be affected
by this raise?.
Answer: Mean, Median, Mode
◍ Responsible Party Model.
Answer: -Distinctive platforms from each parties-Carry out platform when
elected-Assumes clear ideological & philosophical differences between
parties
, ◍ The range is defined as ____.
Answer: Max - Min
◍ Party organization.
Answer: -National party organizations-State party organizations
◍ Party in government.
Answer: -Senate-House-White House
◍ 1. What is (are) the most widely used measures of dispersion?.
Answer: Variance and Standard Deviation
◍ What is the Median and Mode of 8, 12 ,12, 14, 22, 28, 30.
Answer: Median = 14 Mode = 12
◍ Party in the electorate.
Answer: -Card carrying members-Party identifiers
◍ GOTV.
Answer: Get Out to Vote
◍ The coefficient of variation is best described as _______..
Answer: A relative measure of dispersion
◍ What do parties do?.
Answer: -Recruit & nominate candidates for office; connect them with
supporters-Serve mechanism organizing US democracy-Facilitate governing
across 3 branches-Educate & inform voters-party label = cue-Get out to vote
(GOTV)-Integrate new groups
◍ PIG.
Answer: Party-in-Government: Officials elected under one party banner.
◍ PIE.
Answer: Party-in-the-Electorate: All citizens attach themselves to a political
party.
◍ What does the covariance measure?.
Answer: The direction of a linear relationship between two variables.
