Across
- 3. a term that means the whole population that the poll aims to measure
- 7. those events & issues that concern the people at large
- 8. refers to the instructions of commands a constituency gives to is elected officials
- 9. also bear heavily on the formation of public opinion
- 10. people you regularly associate with
- 11. those attitudes help by a significant number of people on matters of government and politics
- 13. they were pols that sought to read the public's mind simply by asking the same questions of a large number of people
Down
- 1. devices that attempt to collect info. by asking people questions
- 2. composed of randomly selected people
- 4. sample one deliberately constructed to reflect the major characteristic of a given universe
- 5. include those means of communication that reach large, widely dispersed audience simultaneously
- 6. a representative slice of the total universe
- 12. work to shape the making and the content of public policy