Key Terms

            Condorcet’s jury theorem/ the wisdom of crowds

            Exit polling

            Margin of error

            Polling

            Public opinion

            Rational ignorance

            Rational public (3 characteristics)

            Sampling

            Selection bias/error

            Significance of public opinion in a democracy

            Corporate Social Performance

11.1 Select five of the key terms for this lesson and write one multiple choice question for each of the five. Be sure to follow the guidelines posted on the course homepage for writing the questions

 11.2 Are the corporations in New Jersey that have the best/good reputations also among the largest firms in New Jersey? Report your findings/answer using tables and charts which you develop. Remember to define your terms, i.e. reputation/trust and large. Also, use more than one source/measure for reputation data/measures, so that you can compare alternative sources/measures in your answer.  Include all your sources in your answer with a full MLA citation. You can but are not required to use the data sources noted above in this lesson. In fact other sources, which are reputable, may be better than those I noted above.

11.3. When national rankings for trust in government go down do rankings of trust in businesses go up? Include a table with data in your answers which proves your answer. Also include all your sources in your response with a full MLA citation. You can but are not required to use the data sources noted above in this lesson. In fact other sources, which are reputable, may be better than those I noted above.

about one page each [3 pages total]

11.1  [1 page]

11.2   [1 page]

11.3   [1 page]

you can use this attached resources information for that^