Cross Tabulation

The Plebian's Guide to Polls - The Good Stuff

Submitted by Student Redux on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 12:20

Welcome back to The Plebian's Guide to Polls. So where were we?  Let's review for a moment.

We've discussed how opinion polling came about.  We've put forward some of the reasons for polling.  We've differentiated four different types of polls that get used.  We've looked at how polling methodology can affect the results we see.  And we've talked about the meaning of the margin of error (MoE).

Today's issue, "The Good Stuff", begins our exploration of the sort of information we can get from a poll.  But be forewarned, if you want to get to the good stuff, sometimes you have to dig a little.

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