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Re: Survey methodology relating to latest LP SPAM
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:15:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> > When did the polling take place?
> > What group was polled – age/sex/ethnic background?
> > What order were the questioned asked in?
> > Was any supplemental information given?
> > How was the poll undertaken - telephone / face-to-face/via the web?
> > Were any other questions asked?
> > Who are the “polling experts at the University of Connecticut” – and was
> > their comment related to the poll?
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> http://www.freedomforum.org/publications/first/sofa/2001/sofa2001.pdf
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> (methodology section)
Sorry, I did not see it when I read over the webpage the other day. None the
less, I think that telephone surveys are not as good as the real thing.
However, this is a moot point.
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> is all the info I have. Seems like your fairly standard telephone survey,
> and they are not claiming huge accuracy, just the fairly typical (for this
> sample size) 95 confidence +/- 3% (for the entire group) results.
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> Since this is a newspaper sponsored group, you'd think they have some
> familiarity with how to do these surveys... Their methodology seems very
> similar to that used by Gallup/Roper et al, with likely similarity in accuracy.
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> As for your rebadging of the subject line, Scott... typical.
Hardly typical. Even if it was, it appears that I am not the only one who
thought your post "spam".
Scott A
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> ++Lar
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