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tingc95

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on: Jul 13, 2018
Which statement explains how Nate Silver was able to predict an Obama win in 2012 more confidently than many pollsters?
 
  a. His poll asked clearer, more useful questions than other polls did.
  b. He carefully aggregated polls, taking swing state trends into account.
  c. He polled a more representative sample of voters than other pollsters did.
  d. He knew that the electorate was more liberal than most polls at the time were suggesting.

Question 2

In 2014, the federal poverty line was set at __________.
 
  a. 14,505
  b. 17,060
  c. 23,550
  d. 29,950


krakiolit

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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

c


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