In Defense Of Public Opinion Polling

NOTE EDITORE

What do we really know about public opinion polls? Are they as flawed as conventional wisdom implies? How accurate are the polls, really? How can we spot a bad poll? Why do politicians and journalists have a love-hate relationship with polls? How do polls help us interpret history? Why has public opinion polling become so popular in other countries

SOMMARIO

1 Why Americans Hate Pollsters, 2 In Defense of Pollsters, 3 The Giant Polling Industry, 4 Reputable Pollsters Hate Bad Polls, 5 But There Are Plenty of Good Polls, 6 Why the Media Love (But Sometimes Hate) Polls, 7 Today's Politicians Live and Die by Polls, 8 Polls, the Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal, and Democracy, 9 Polling in Other Countries, 10 Testing the Pollsters: How Accurate Were the Pollsters' Predictions in the 2000 Presidential, U.S. Senate, and Gubernatorial Races?, 11 Epilogue: Public Opinion Polling Can and Should Be Defended

AUTORE

Kenneth F Warren

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9780367316167
• Dimensioni: 9 x 6 in Ø 1.45 lb
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pagine Arabe: 387