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    Public Opinion on Gun Control The twentieth century was a time of many political assassinations and violent shootings. A nation in shock mourned the deaths of President John Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. At the end of the twentieth century the nation endured rising rates of violent crime, with young people frequently involved as victims and perpetrators and often armed with guns. Between July 1992, and June 30, 1999, there were 358 school-associated violent deaths in the

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    specific question supplied to the public in order to gain an average opinion on the matter. The participants can then choose one of the multiple answers that are predefined. A survey is similar to a poll in some ways such as the series of questions provided to civilians to answer, the only discrepancy between the two is that there is a wider range of question types. There many different types of polls such as a push poll, opinion poll, benchmark poll, brushfire poll entrance polls and exit polls.

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    The 2016 Presidential Elections and the Political Integration of Data Analytics The 2016 election cycle pits Democrat Hillary Clinton against Republican nominee Donald J. Trump. After the success of Barrack Obama’s data analytics, Clinton continued their adoption of data analytics, this time developing a new algorithm called “Ada” after the female, 19th century mathematician, Ada, Countess of Lovelace (Wagner, 2016) and having Obama’s former data analytics director, Elan Kriegel, as one of the highest

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    decision will let someone know about the public’s general opinion about that person’s choice, prevent people from giving him or her bad advice, and will let that person consider multiple reasons for their points of view. First of all, asking many of people about advice or a decision is very important because it lets the asker know how the public will think of that person after his or her choice. For example, a person’s teammates’ and coaches’ opinions can influence a decision to quit a sport. What I mean

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    uments: Public Polls Public opinion polls come in a wide-set of different subjects and are good examples of inductive arguments that are seen and used in our day to day lives to measure the public’s views regarding a particular topic or topics done so by taking a non-biased survey/questions. This is an excellent example of inductive arguments, because the person or party/entity conducting these surveys, is looking to validate their argument and assumptions, or to provide a guarantee of truth in

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    1. Random Sampling: Definition: A method of sampling used for polling that ensures that all groups and persons have an equal chance of being selected. This ensures that most, if not all, groups are represented in polls. Current Event: Since random sampling is supposed to give all an equal probability of being selected, if a random sample was taken, it would be expected that slightly more than half of those selected would be female, to reflect the proportion of females to males in the actual population

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    Diffusion of Innovations seeks to explain how innovations and social changes are taken up in a segmented group of people. An innovation is considered as either an idea, behavior, or object that is perceived as new by the receiving audience. According to author Everett Rogers, Diffusion of Innovations offers three valuable insights into the process of social change which include: what qualities make certain innovations spread rapidly than others, the value of peer-peer conversations and peer networks

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    public opinion in favor of the Democratic Party and may be a swing vote factor in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections. Officials’ Statements, Press releases, Experts analysis and Public Opinion Polls addressed the public opposition of the Affordable Care Act repeal led by president Trump and Republicans. After Trump won the elections and announced his repealing plan, the majority of the Americans voted in favor of the Health Care Law

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    the statistical information related to its findings. According to a January 12, 2012 New York Times article written by Sabrina Tavernise there is a rising perception of class tensions between the rich and the poor due to income inequalities. This opinion stems from the results of a survey that was conducted early in December of last year. The main idea on this article was to convey a message that there is a rise in people’s perception of class tension between the rich and the poor because of income

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    The president then took a major hit in the polls. The president's staff relied on public opinion polls a lot throughout the "Sydney conflict." A fair amount of the criticism of Sydney came from the fact that she is a lobbyist for a special interest group, the GDC (or Global Defense Committee). A good depiction of the interaction

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