Author Question: Why do polling agencies use samples? a. because it would be too expensive to get the opinions of ... (Read 83 times)

audragclark · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Why do polling agencies use samples?

a. because it would be too expensive to get the opinions of all people
b. because they do not know what the population of interest is
c. to create the illusion of saliency
d. so they can have some uncertainty in their conclusions

Question 2

Why have African Americans typically voted at lower rates than Anglos in Texas?

a. African Americans have traditionally had higher levels of education than Anglos.
b. The large number of Hispanics in the state discouraged African Americans from voting.
c. The dominance of the Republican Party throughout most of the 1900s made African Americans feel disenfranchised.
d. Prior to the Civil Rights era, Texas had practices to restrict minority voting.
Answer: d