Understanding Polling
Scott Keeter talked about how polls are designed and written, conducted, and analyzed, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He also discussed the technological…
1,609 viewsScott Keeter talked about how polls are designed and written, conducted, and analyzed, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. He also discussed the technological…
1,609 viewsScott Keeter talked about how polling works, and described how polls are crafted, surveyed, and analyzed. Topics include polling samples, weighting, margin of error, and tabling of statistical…
533 viewsScott Keeter talked about 2010 midterm election voting patterns, including which groups showed up to vote and those that stayed home on election day. He also responded to telephone calls and…
154 viewsPanelists spoke about values held by the “Millennial” generation of Americans born after 1982. They focused on changing attitudes toward public policy, the role of government, individual choice and responsibility,…
349 viewsScott Keeter talked about issues in the Obama-McCain contest important to independents, including their demographic make-up and recent polls and surveys on their preferences. He responded…
28 viewsThe session began with the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of the national anthem led by Girl Scout Troop 5462. U.S. Department of Education officials offered opening remarks on the topic,…
125 viewsScott Keeter talked about Pew’s new survey on public knowledge of current affairs. The survey, What Americans Know: 1989-2007, also looked at how the sources of news influence a person’s…
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