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Grammy23

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8. You touched on several of the points I was taught

Reply to Wellstone ruled (Reply #7)

Sat Oct 21, 2017, 02:04 PM

Oct 2017

Back in the 1980s in a sociology course on methods of designing and conducting surveys. All important details that will impact the outcome of your survey and the reliability of it. You surely need to think about these things if you intend to measure what you think you are measuring. If you want to skew things one way or another, you can craft your survey for that, too.

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Donald Trump's Approval Rating Plunges As Popularity Nears All-Time Low In Latest Polls [View all] DonViejo Oct 2017 OP

Well at least cilla4progress Oct 2017 #1

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A change in a poll approximately equal to the margin of error isn't a plunge, Yonnie3 Oct 2017 #4

Noticed the same stats. Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #5

Might have to do with how closely they are tracking tRumps behavior, too. Grammy23 Oct 2017 #6

Polling is suspect at best. Wellstone ruled Oct 2017 #7

You touched on several of the points I was taught Grammy23 Oct 2017 #8

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