Opinion poll — An opinion poll, sometimes simply referred to as a poll is a survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then… … Wikipedia
Sampling (statistics) — Sampling is that part of statistical practice concerned with the selection of individual observations intended to yield some knowledge about a population of concern, especially for the purposes of statistical inference. Each observation measures… … Wikipedia
Sampling bias — In statistics, sampling bias is when a sample is collected in such a way that some members of the intended population are less likely to be included than others. It results in a biased sample, a non random sample[1] of a population (or non human… … Wikipedia
Opinion polling for the next United Kingdom general election — In the run up to the next United Kingdom general election, several polling organisations will carry out opinion polling in regards to voting intention in Great Britain (i.e. the UK excluding Northern Ireland, which is always excluded from such… … Wikipedia
Sampling (music) — This article is about reusing existing sound recordings in creating new works. For other uses, see Sample (disambiguation). In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a… … Wikipedia
sampling — A method for collecting information and drawing inferences about a larger population or universe, from the analysis of only part thereof, the sample. Censuses of the population are an expensive way of monitoring social and economic change, and… … Dictionary of sociology
Opinion polling for the Australian federal election, 2010 — Main article: Australian federal election, 2010 This article provides a list of federal opinion polls that were conducted between the 2007 election and 2010 election. Contents 1 JWS poll of 28,000 2 Newspoll 2.1 Voting intention … Wikipedia
Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 — For nation wide opinion polls, see Nationwide opinion polling for the Republican Party 2008 presidential candidates. See also: Statewide opinion polling for the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 2008 This article is a collection of state… … Wikipedia
Nonprobability sampling — Sampling is the use of a subset of the population to represent the whole population. Probability sampling, or random sampling, is a sampling technique in which the probability of getting any particular sample may be calculated. Nonprobability… … Wikipedia
public opinion — the collective opinion of many people on some issue, problem, etc., esp. as a guide to action, decision, or the like. [1560 70] * * * Introduction an aggregate of the individual views, attitudes, and beliefs about a particular topic,… … Universalium
Deliberative opinion poll — The deliberative opinion poll is a form of opinion poll that incorporates the principles of deliberative democracy and sortition. The concept was described by James S. Fishkin in his 1991 book Democracy and Deliberation . Dr. Fishkin s method,… … Wikipedia