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Prodigy and Online Surveys
From 1992 to 1995, we worked on a pioneer experiment in online survey
research online for the Prodigy service. This page contains information and
papers presented on that topic at the 1995 and 1997 AAPOR conferences.
What is the significance of it all?
While we have implemented significance testing routines for our tabulation
software, we feel that such significance testing is mostly misapplied when
used in sample surveys. This article describes an egregious example in PC Magazine's
2000 Service and Reliability ratings.
Punch card ballots in the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial
election
Think the 2000 presidential election problems in Florida were something new?
Not by a long shot!
Harry O'Neill -
Public Opinion Research - An Honorable Profession, Warts And All
On June 18, 1997, Harry O'Neill was presented with an award for outstanding
achievement by the New York Chapter of the American Association for Public
Opinion Research (NYAAPOR). This transcript of the speech he gave on that
occasion should be required reading for all those who work, or wish to work,
in the field of public opinion research.
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