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+# Measuring Public Opinion
+
+## Public Opinion Polls 
+polls that guage attitudes on issues or support for candidates in an ellection in a cross-section of the population
+
+## Benchmark Polls
+poll used by political campaign to figure out what the candidate's intentions are
+
+## Tracking Polls
+measure how prospective voters feel about an isussue
+
+## Entrance Polls
+conducted outside poilling places and are sued to gague election day and predicte elections
+done before people vote
+
+## Exit Polls
+
+conducted outside poilling places and are sued to gague election day and predicte elections 
+done after people finish their votes
+
+## Approval Ratings
+used to tell presidential approval 
+
+## Focus Groups
+small group of citizens 10 - 40 people to find out more minute detailes
+
+## Questions 
+questions need to be specifically framed and phrased to avoid skewing the results
+
+## Sampling Techniques
+different ways to assure an acurate poll 
+
+## Representative Sample
+a group of people meant to represent a larger group in question
+
+## Universe
+the large group in question
+
+## Random Sample
+everone being surveyed must have an equal chance of being surveyed
+
+## Random-digit dialing
+just calling randopm numbners in an area to attempt to survey people
+
+##  Weighting/Stratificaiton
+making sure demographic groups are properly represented
+
+## Think as a Political Scientist 
+Study the information below from December 2019 and answer the questions that follow.
+
+1. What additional information might make this table more useful?
+knowing what type of poll it might be especially between the different polls
+
+2. What might explain the different results among the various polls?
+the different ways of results might be due to different groups that got polled and or different polling techniques that would have highlighted diffent trends
+
+3. What conclusions might be drawn from this information?
+that biden has roughly a 9.3 lead across all the diffent polling groups
+
+## Sampling error
+difference between two different polls because of different people and sampling groups
+
+## Margin of Error
+another name for sampling error
+
+## Non Attitudes
+people may be uninformed or do not want to share views. or just do not have strong opinions 
+
+## Human Bias and Push Polling
+how the interviewer contacts and interacts can impact the poll
+
+## Essential Question: What are the elements of a scientific poll and how do these elements impact elections and policy?
+
+1. Elements of Scientific Poll
+The poll must be using a diverse and random set of the uniuverse so that the margin of error is lowered as much as possible
+2. Possible Effects on Decsion-Making
+doing this might swkew the data results and points