How polls are conducted

ABSTRACT: Public opinion polls would have less value in a democracy if the public - the very people whose views are represented by the polls didn’t have confidence in the results. This confidence does not come easily. The process of polling is often mysterious, particularly to those who don’t see ho...

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Autores:
Aigneren Aburto, José Miguel
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2007
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/2384
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10495/2384
Palabra clave:
Polls
Encuestas de opinión
Opinion polls
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 Colombia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CO)
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Summary:ABSTRACT: Public opinion polls would have less value in a democracy if the public - the very people whose views are represented by the polls didn’t have confidence in the results. This confidence does not come easily. The process of polling is often mysterious, particularly to those who don’t see how the views of 1,000 people can represent those of hundreds of millions.