A survey can be defined as a gathering of a sample of data or opinions considered to be representative of a whole. Such as when the United States government polls a random selection of people throughout the country to get an accurate reading of the people's overall prospective of what the American people think is best for the country. As I almost reach the age of eighteen, not only do I have to start worrying about my career and college, I have to affliate myself with a party and prepare to vote. I have taken three online polls and they all came out with similar results; I am a republican. The three polls I took were The Political Affiliation Quiz, The Political Quiz, and Political Compass. I liked them all but all for various reasons.
The Political Affiliation Quiz was the first quiz I took and I thought it was the best. It has a brief introductory explaining how the quiz works. I believe this is the best quiz because the choices are very in depth and they are not bias at all. This quiz makes you really think about the topics and make the decision on your own with no outside influence. It discusses all different topics from politics to economics to social problems. The only problem I see with this quiz is the answer choices being so long that there is room to agree with one statement in the answer yet disagree with another. I came along this problem when I did the question about abortion. I believe that abortion should only be used in cases of rape, incest or in utero threats to the life of the mother. So I believed I would pick that choice, until I read on and saw "Modest legal restrictions such as parental notification are both acceptable and warranted." I do not believe that parents should be notified if their child chooses to have an abortion. This made my choice much harder to make because it was too broad an answer. However, I do believe this was the most valid of the three tests.
The next quiz I took was The Political Quiz, which I found to be my least favorite of the three quizzes. I believed it had a good idea, but the answers were vague and I did not understand some of the contrasts between the answer choices.
I am wondering if the questions or demonstration really captured my true attitude and emotions toward the topic. I felt as if I answered all of the questions properly and accurately. I did take the test second, but only due to the fact that the results from the first attempt stated that there was too many errors to determine a result. However, the second time around I read through the directions thoroughly and took my time answering the questions and statements given. I really do not think the test showed an implicit attitude that I did not know about, because personally I feel differently about the whole matter. Now even when I answered the survey statements and questions to/with agree, disagree, enjoyable, and eye opening. I am now rethinking each survey question. I am questioning myself that I did not really answer the survey truthfully. I cannot really say that this test means a lot to me. Because even with the results my feelings and attitude are still the same and worse. I know this test is supposed to help me find hidden emotions that I did not know I had, but now I still feel that I have not gotten to the true root or conclusion of my problem.
The final test was to answer 29 questions including: name, sex, marital status, occupation, nationality, ability to read and write, race, physical and mental health, how much money they had, prison records, and if they were polygamists or anarchists.
- It takes the traditions of that time and only changes them gradually and not very
After taking the Personal Survey of Assessment Literacy, I learned a lot about myself and what I do know about assessments, and what I don’t. This survey allowed me to reflect on the process that I take to plan, develop, and administer tests in my class and what I need to do with the results. When I went through the criteria of all of the topics in the survey, I honestly did not know what the survey was talking about or what it meant. This was really concerning to me because I like to think that I do a pretty good job when it comes to instruction of my class and how I assess their knowledge of the material. I learned from this survey that there are a lot of things I do well during assessments and that there is still a lot that I need to learn to be an effective classroom leader. After scoring the survey, I noticed that I scored myself the highest in the section of During Test Administration with a perfect average score of 5 and scored an average of 4 in the section After Testing. The two lowest sections I scored in where in the General Considerations with an average score of 3.3 and in the section of Prior to Test Design with a score of 3.5.
Does the question posed by the pollster meet the standards for a good question? Why or why not? The question posed by the pollster is a poor question because the “right thing” means something different to each person.
It may seem ridiculous that we make decisions based on thoughts that we do not even know we are having, but it is certainly true. This test has really opened my eyes to the fact that although I considered myself very open-minded, even I have a slight bias in some regards. The most important lesson from this is that awareness is the key, and these biases will forever be engrained in our subconscious if we do not take the time to face them. Although I found this a tough pill to swallow, I and the people I meet henceforth will benefit from the knowledge I have gained
Abramovitz (2003) states, “To a large extent, the history of social services and social welfare policy consists of the evolving recognition of social needs and the organization of society to meet them” (p. 130). The United States has the highest rates of poverty in the Western world; surprisingly the United States is the richest nation in the world. In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson introduced the War on Poverty. His approach was to expand the government’s role in the citizen’s education and health care, which in return would ensure that Americans had the most basic resources to meet their needs.
that it was up to them to shape the way this new land would function,
Everyone has their own set of ideas, concepts and beliefs about how a government and a country should operate. Each person considers their own position to be “correct”. Fortunately, for a multicultural country such as America, there is room for every opinion, and it is the fusion of those opinions that make America the greatest country on earth.
I managed to earn a 41/50 on the practice test, and seemed to struggle most with the beginning and end parts. Although there were several that were clearly wrong when looking back, there were a few that I genuinely thought the answer I selected was better. The first of these questions asked
After taking the test, I realized where I stand with certain current topics and how I was never forced to answer such questions and it really made me think. This was because I was never involved politically and I didn’t get much exposure to some of the issues. The results showed my political compass assessment as an; Economic Left/Right:-3.75, and a Social Libertarian/Authoritarian:-1.28. I was standing more towards Gandhi’s personal political convictions over others. What was interesting about the chart was as you go left the political convections are more communistic/collectivism.
Political Philosophy is typically a study of a wide range of topics such as, justice, liberty, equality, rights, law, politics and the application of a codified law. Depending on what the philosophy is, it usually tends to be a very sensitive and a personal ideology that an individual holds within the reality of their existence. Several of the fundamental topics of political philosophy shape up the society that we live in as these specific topics and their implementation by the state ensures a legitimate government. In Political Philosophy, the aforesaid concepts or topics are evaluated and analyzed with tremendous depth in context to their history and intent. Furthermore, in a rather colloquial sense, political philosophy is generally a point of view which after some deep thinking asks questions such as, what are the government’s duties? Is it legitimate? What makes it legitimate? What are the duties of its citizens? What are their rights? Are they protected? So on and so forth. In the following paper, I will canvass my political philosophy and elaborate on my reasoning behind it.
How does your score on the quiz compare with your pre-quiz assessment of your self confidence (Higher, lower, about the same) and if there is a difference why do you think that is
I have to say AP Multiple Choice Quizzes are the hardest. I picked the second we told this semester because it had to be the most ridiculous one. I made a 50. I have never failed anything like this in school and it was like my first failing grade. Number 1 was the easy only because I can compare and contrast. We learned that around second grade, I really do not remember at this point. Number twelve I should have reread because it was almost the same as number thirteen. I got twelve wrong but thirteen right. Question seventeen was confusing because I could not read the choices. Number twenty was easy for me. I was just common sense. Over all, I think I did great, but how AP Quizzes are set up, I do not like them.
I have taken several assessment in these last couple of week. Five assessment I have found important and made me reflect how I live my life were;