POL SCI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Suspect Classification, Sample Size Determination, Confirmation Bias
5 Dec 2015
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Is p. o. meaningful guide for public policy? (cid:1) (cid:1) P. o matters because of pop sovereignty in democracy. Definition: dist. of opinions/ preferences within a population on matters of relevance in gov. Framers want will of people, but worried about tyranny, small role for p. o. - no direct democracy on elections or policy making. Opinion: preference, key object, vary in salience, intensity, esp action-pregnancy. Psd on aggregate opinions: permissive, supportive, declarative. Ignorance but willing to answer, confusion problem, order bias, agreement bias, social desirability bias, (bradley effect) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) In democracy, popular sovereignty assumes influence of preference of ordinary citizens. Direct or representative democracy? (rep- principle-agent dilemma) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Oscar wilde- attempt to organize ignorance of community. Key- opinion of private persons gov should heed. Citrin: distribution of opinions/ preferences within a population on matters of relevance in gov (not necessarily influential) Believed gov should be governed by will of the people. But, worried about ignorance and majority tyranny.
