tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143977.post112974417932884846..comments2023-10-16T03:50:37.233-04:00Comments on America's Hometown: Minimal Disclosure Standards for Political PollingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143977.post-1132069953679520692005-11-15T10:52:00.000-05:002005-11-15T10:52:00.000-05:00I work for Public Opinion Research, im a poller. W...I work for Public Opinion Research, im a poller. Whenever someone asks who the poll is being paid for by, we are required to not tell them. Even though we really do know. We say 'we are an independent organization'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143977.post-1130178866501240982005-10-24T14:34:00.000-04:002005-10-24T14:34:00.000-04:00"Some semblance" of following the "minimal" disclo..."Some semblance" of following the "minimal" disclosure standards shouldn't really cut it, should it? These standards exist, in part, because reporters have been to careless/eager to report junk polling. Seems like irresponsible reporting to run these results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9143977.post-1129823227988992322005-10-20T11:47:00.000-04:002005-10-20T11:47:00.000-04:00from the Inquirer article: The telephone survey of...from the Inquirer article: <BR/><I>The telephone survey of 400 registered Philadelphia voters was conducted Oct. 5 through Oct. 8 by Public Opinion Research Inc. of Sykesville, Md. Results of the poll, commissioned by a Democratic consultant for various clients in the region, are subject to an error margin of 4 percentage points. The consultant asked to remain anonymous.</I><BR/><BR/>so, um, we have some semblance of 1 (if Democratic consultant suffices to give you a sense of the bias), 3, 5, 6, and 7. it's very rare that political poll results (at least newspaper coverage of same) include exact question wording or degree of selection of the respondant pool, although obviously if the pollster hadn't wanted to "remain anonymous" we might have access to more of that information, like Quinnipiac (sp!) gives on its own website. hard to base too much of a conspiracy theory on the gaps, although of course any single poll like this is of dubious values, especially with such a small group called and such a large number of candidates involved...ACMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05150889888692992746noreply@blogger.com