----- Original Message ----- From: "Miller, Jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 12:08 PM Subject: RE: Poll in Iraq
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Minette > Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 10:06 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Poll in Iraq > > >> I've heard conservative commentators quote "reputable polling >> companies" as indicating that the people of Iraq favor US > >involvement. I've read that Cheney quoted a Zogby poll as >> indicating this favorable response. Yet, when I searched for >> the poll, I got this result. >> http://www.taemag.com/docLib/20030905_IraqpollFrequencies.pdf >>..which doesn't list methodology or sample size. Dang nabbit, I wanna know exactly /how/ they're >conducting these polls, who the pollsters are, how they compensate for environmental social >pressures, etc Are the interviewing people on the street? at a mosque? calling them on sat-phones? From http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=734 we have <quote> Zogby International conducted interviews of 600 adults chosen at random with consideration for ethnic background, gender, religion and social class, throughout locations in Iraq. Interviews were conducted August 3-19, 2003 in Basra, Karkouk, Mousel and Al Ramadi. The following ethnic groups - Arabs, Kurds, Turkaman, and Assyrians - were interviewed, as well as the following religious groups - Shiaa, Sunni and Christians. Interviewers traveled to public places (shopping areas and coffee shops) chosen from different social neighborhoods. The survey's margin of sampling error is +/- 4.1%. <unquote> I agree that there are difficulties with the poll. The most important is the tendency to tell people something polite. So, there should be, if anything, a pro-US policy bias in the sample. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
