GVPT 170 Study Guide - Final Guide: Early Voting, Party System, Dealignment

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Government and Politics
• Course: GVPT 170
• Professor: Patrick Wohlfarth

Document Summary

Context & economic conditions politicians tend to be held accountable for the economics. Describe the properties of a good, scienti c sample. Population vs. sample draw a sample in a right way that accurately represents the entire population that we have chosen your population can be any group of people that you care about. Ideally, at least 1200-1500 respondents after get pass 1500 the payoff starts to decline - cost/bene t. Every item (or person) selected from a group (or population) should have an equal probability of being selected in the sample. Randomness is critical randomness is the rst requirement. De nition: a person"s ingrained loyalty to a political party and emotional attachment to it. A psychological attachment af liation - shared sense of group identity - have a stake in the group. Pid provides a powerful perceptual screen through which we evaluate the political world.