Survey mode, weighting, and panel designs
CLEP American Government, Chapter 37 Survey mode, weighting, and panel designs Survey mode is the way answers are collected, such as telephone, web, mail, text, or face-to-face interviewing. Mode can change who is reachable and how people answer. An interviewer may increase social-pressure effects, while a web form can display a long list that would […]
Electoral systems and direct democracy
CLEP American Government, Chapter 31 Electoral systems and direct democracy An electoral system converts votes into public offices. In a single-member plurality system, one candidate wins each district by finishing first, even below fifty percent. A majority-runoff system requires more than half and holds another round when no candidate reaches that mark. Proportional representation allocates […]
