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Conservative
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today this term refers to those who generally support the social and economic status quo and are suspicious of efforts to introduce new political formulae and economic arrangements. Conservatives believe that a large and powerful government poses a threat to citizens’ freedom
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Liberal
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today, one who generally supports political and social reform; extensive government intervention in the economy; the expansion of federal social services; more vigorous efforts on behalf of the poor, minorities, and women; and greater concern for consumers and the environment
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Liberty
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freedom from government control
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Measurement error
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failure to identify the true distribution of opinion within a population because of errors such as ambiguous or poorly worded questions
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Political socialization
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the process by which people learn political attitudes and beliefs
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Probability sampling
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a method used by pollsters to select a sample in which every individual in the population has an equal probability of being selected as a respondent so that the correct weight can be given to all segments of the population
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Public opinion
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citizens’ attitudes about political issues, leaders, institutions, and events
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Public opinion polls
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scientific instruments for measuring public opinion
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Push polling
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a polling technique in which the questions are designed to shape the respondent’s opinion
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Random digit dialing
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polls in which respondents are selected at random from a list of ten-digit telephone numbers, with every effort made to avoid bias in the construction of the sample
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Random sampling
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a method of measuring popular opinion whereby a small group of people, randomly selected from the population as a whole, may be considered representative, as long as every person had an equal chance of being picked
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Sample
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a small group selected by researchers to represent the most important characteristics of an entire population
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