February 2011
February 14, 2011
The Star
Election Polls are fun, but they don't mean a thing: Pollsters
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/938345--election-polls-are-fun-but-they-don-t-mean-a-thing-pollsters?bn=1
***Note- We try not to include articles in foreign press, however, this one was included as it gives "insight" of the polling industry in Canada from a pollster.***
February 8, 2011
KPBS
Childhood Obesity Looms Large in New Field Poll
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/feb/08/childhood-obesity-looms-large-new-field-poll/
February 1, 2011
Duluth News Tribune
Let's replace Congress with Internet voting for everyone
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/190182/group/Opinion/
January 2011
January 31, 2011
WND
Why not freeze foreign spending, too?
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=257497
January 29, 2011 (updated)
Gallup
The State of the Union Speech and Public Opinion
http://www.gallup.com/poll/145832/State-Union-Speech-Public-Opinion.aspx
January 28, 2011
ZD Net
Are online polls reliable enough
http://www.zdnetasia.com/are-online-polls-reliable-enough-62206366.htm
January 26th, 2011
PR Newswire
StinkyJournalism.org's 2011 Top Ten 'Dubious Polling' Awards
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/stinkyjournalismorgs-2011-top-ten-dubious-polling-awards-114633399.html
January 23rd, 2011
PR USA Net
Valued Opiniions Online Survey Shows Concern over Internet Security
http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=597797&Itemid=28
January 18th, 2011
The Moscow News
Moscow bosses deny accussations of poll-rigging.
http://themoscownews.com/local/20110118/188342940.html?referfrommn
January 16th, 2011
Daily Kos
Polling and Other Shiny Objects
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/16/936721/-Polling-and-Other-Shiny-Objects
December 2010
December 7th, 2010
Toronto Sun
New Pollster Abacus makes a splash
http://www.torontosun.com/blogs/thehill/2010/12/07/16457861.html
November 2010
november 23rd, 2010
Rasmussen
Many Say Government is now operating outside the Constitution
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/november_2010/many_say_government_now_operating_outside_the_constitution
November 18th, 2010
LA Times
About this poll
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1118-poll-about-20101118,0,5690009.story
November 18th, 2010
IT News Online
Despite Bad Economy, Americans feel thankful this year
http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=131206
*** Note- excellent breakdown of the results of the poll. ***
November 16th, 2010
Newswise .com
Inaccuracy and Bias: The delicate Science of Polling
http://www.newswise.com/articles/inaccuracy-and-bias-the-delicate-science-of-polling
November 7th, 2010
Daily Kos
Should 2010's most accurate pollsters pay for their earlier sins
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/11/7/918497/-Should-2010s-most-accurate-pollsters-pay-for-their-earlier-sins
November( actual date of release unknown)
AAPOR . org
Cell Phone Task Force
http://aapor.org/Cell_Phone_Task_Force.htm
October 2010
October 28th, 2010
FiveThirtyEight/NY Times
'Robopolls' significantly more favorable to Republicans than traditional surveys.
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/robopolls-significantly-more-favorable-to-republicans-than-traditional-surveys/
October 24th, 2010
The Columbus Dispatch
Polls' inexact science leads to differences. http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/10/24/copy/pollsinexactscienceleadstodifferences.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
October 22nd, 2010
Fast Company
harvard developed analytics too measures public opinion on social media in real time.
http://www.fastcompany.com/1697243/harvard-developed-analytics-tool-measures-public-opinion-on-social-media-in-real-time
**Note- although this article does not mention a poll per se, it mentions analytics that may be used in polling techniques in the near future. At a minimum it is an interesting way to interpret raw data.**
October 21st, 2010
Huffington Post
Upgrading Pollster's Trend lines: the Kalman Filter
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/21/upgrading-pollsters-trend_n_772217.html
October 7th,2010
Public religion research institute - American Values Survey: Religion, Values and the Mid-Term Elections
http://www.publicreligion.org/research/?id=386
October 4th 2010-
fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes - The Uncanny Accuracy of Polling Averages*, Part IV: Are the Polls Getting Worse?
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/the-uncanny-accuracy-of-polling-averages-part-iv-are-the-polls-getting-worse/
- September 2010 -
September 14th, 2010
Huffington Post - What Do Rasmussen And Pulse Opinion Research Have In Common?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/14/what-do-rasmussen-and-pul_n_716783.html
