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4.4 Influence of Political Events on Ideology

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Question 1

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Surveys taken before and after a major national crisis show that adults in every age group became more supportive of emergency federal action. Which explanation is best supported?

A period effect occurs when a shared event shifts attitudes across several age groups at roughly the same time. The evidence does not isolate a life-cycle change or prove a durable party realignment.
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A. A period effect

A period effect occurs when a shared event shifts attitudes across several age groups at roughly the same time. The evidence does not isolate a life-cycle change or prove a durable party realignment.

Question 2

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Which research design would best distinguish a cohort effect from a short-lived response to one political event?

Repeated measures across multiple age cohorts let researchers compare whether differences persist as cohorts age and whether all cohorts moved together after the event. A single time point cannot make that distinction.
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B. Repeated surveys that follow multiple age cohorts over time

Repeated measures across multiple age cohorts let researchers compare whether differences persist as cohorts age and whether all cohorts moved together after the event. A single time point cannot make that distinction.

Question 3

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Citizens become more likely to support programs for older adults as they themselves move into retirement, regardless of birth generation. This pattern is best described as

A life-cycle effect is an attitude change associated with aging or a stage of life. The scenario holds birth generation constant and links the shift to entering retirement.
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C. a life-cycle effect

A life-cycle effect is an attitude change associated with aging or a stage of life. The scenario holds birth generation constant and links the shift to entering retirement.

Question 4

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Researchers survey new nationally representative samples every four years and find that one generation retains unusually high political trust as it ages. What can this repeated cross-sectional design show most directly?

Repeated cross-sections can reveal whether cohort-level differences persist as different representative samples are measured over time. Because the same people are not necessarily reinterviewed, the design cannot directly track individual change as a panel would.
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D. Whether aggregate differences among age cohorts persist across survey years

Repeated cross-sections can reveal whether cohort-level differences persist as different representative samples are measured over time. Because the same people are not necessarily reinterviewed, the design cannot directly track individual change as a panel would.

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