Opinion polls (surveys) are used extensively to understand almost everything that cannot be looked up as a scientific fact. But, poll results are only as good as the sampling technique, survey instrument, and interpretation process that underlie the reported conclusions. Lots of things can and do go wrong in this regard. This article provides the …
Category: Research and Polls
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Mar 02
The Answer is in the Questions
Rasmussen Reports released a poll on the Wisconsin public employees standoff that seems more intended to generate a predetermined result than real insight. The headline poll result was 48% Back GOP Governor in Wisconsin Spat, 38% Side With Unions But as always, it it best to look at the actual questions. Rasmussen asks five questions: 1* How closely …
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Jan 15
New survey shows that 100 percent of people don’t mind participating in surveys.
No, the survey in the title doesn’t exist, but it was the easiest way to summarize the problem of response rates. The reason why the hypothetical survey in the title got its result was because they first had to ask if they wanted to take a survey before they asked the survey question. Thus, the survey reaches the …
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