Dear Tipsters, Another sign of the times is that CNN already has its countdown clock running.....
Stuart ______________________________ "Recti Cultus Pectora Roborant" Stuart J. McKelvie, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Bishop's University, 2600 rue College, Sherbrooke (Borough of Lennoxville), QC J1M 1Z7, Canada. [email protected] (819)822-9600X2402 "Floreat Labore" ______________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Mike Palij [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2015 2:30 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Cc: Michael Palij Subject: [tips] Remember Opinion Polls? Well, Forget Them... An article in the NY Times on "What's the Matter with Polling?" paints a bleak picture for opinion polling, especially in elections. The shift from people's usage of landline phones to cell phones has made getting a probability sample much more difficult, add in a low response rate and a growing tendency for people not to tell pollsters the truth about what they believe or will do and the process comes close to being useless. The author of the article is a Cliff Zukin who is a professor of poli sci at Rutgers and a part President of the American Association for Public Opinion Research. The article can be accessed here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/21/opinion/sunday/whats-the-matter-with-polling.html?emc=edit_th_20150621&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=389166 Expect 2016 to be a very confusing year when it comes to predicting what the election results may be. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb72e3&n=T&l=tips&o=45503 or send a blank email to leave-45503-13510.2cc18398df2e6692fffc29a610cb7...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=45507 or send a blank email to leave-45507-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
