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Lobbying |
Direct contact made by lobbyist in order to persuade government officials to support the policies their interest group favors |
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Lobbyist |
Interest group representative |
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Interest Group |
A group of people who share common goals and organize to influence the government |
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Public-Interest Group |
Promote issues of general public concern |
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Biased Sample |
In polling, a group that does not accurately represent the larger population |
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Universe |
In polling, the group of people that are to be studied |
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Representative Sample |
A small group of people, typical of the universe, that a pollster questions |
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Random Sampling |
A polling technique in which everyone in the "universe" has an equal chance of being selected |
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Sampling Error |
A measurement of how much the sample results may differ from the sample universe |
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Cluster Sample |
A polling sample method that groups people by geographical divisions |
