Which of the following statements best defines a straw poll?
A) A survey of the public's opinion on a particular topic at a particular moment
B) In the context of opinion polling, a group of people selected to represent the population being studied
C) A nonscientific poll in which there is no way to ensure that the opinions expressed are representative of the larger population
D) In the context of opinion polling, a sample in which each person within the entire population being polled has an equal chance of being chosen
E) In the context of opinion polling, the difference between what the sample results show and what the true results would have been had everybody in the relevant population been interviewed
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Q15: Which of the following agents of political
Q16: All of the following affect the outcome
Q17: Polls that rely on interviewing voters immediately
Q18: Sampling error is the
A) error that results
Q19: The true result of a poll is
A)
Q21: In the 2012 presidential elections, Barack Obama
Q22: In the 2012 presidential elections, Mitt Romney
Q23: In the 2012 presidential elections, of voters
Q24: In the 2012 presidential elections, Mitt Romney
Q25: In the 2012 presidential elections, of voters
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