some hints on survey research
Lately, bloggers are focusing on creating and funding polls. Some of the questions I have seen are fundamentally flawed. In graduate school, I took several courses in survey research. This was during...
View Article34% Approval: A Unique Perspective
When CBS released its approval rating for George Bush last weekend, the first thing I thought to myself was, "Jeebus! I'll bet more Americans believe in UFOs than believe in that moron!" So I looked...
View Articlepandering to the polls
Perhaps we are celebrating a bit too hastily to poll numbers we love. A caveat is in order here. I have some experience with survey research, some postgraduate courses, a stint as an ICPSR...
View ArticleLet the Bluebath Begin: Gains in Govs, Massive Gains in Senate!
Being that number-cruncy sort, I took a look at the March results from Surveyusa.com, and scaled up thresholds that various Dem/Pub candidates would have to attain in various depths of Red/Blue country...
View ArticleAmerican Community Survey - Look at it
Attached is a shot of the new American Community Survey. Where is the outrage over this? I'm not filling it out.
View ArticleStatistics 101 part 4: Polls and surveys (updated)
In previous diaries we've looked at some descriptive statistics, and some ways to evaluate statistical arguments. Today, something near and dear to many Kossacks: Polls! We'll use polls to introduce...
View ArticleAfrican-Americans Love Bush - Fun with Numbers
Right-wing blogger DJ Drummond was looking for some happy news for Bush in the wake of his mediocre performance at the NAACP convention. So, he broke down recent the Survey USA poll, and drew out such...
View ArticleRating the Pollsters: The Senate
Is one polling company better than another? Is one more biased? Is one more accurate? I examine 5 large polling companies (separating Zogby and Zogby Interactive) and how they did in rating Senate...
View ArticleTaking the House AND the Senate! UPDATED
I keep finding more polls, and I keep updating old polls with newer ones, and I keep finding more bad news for Republicans. They are losing. BIG. My predictions, below the fold
View ArticleTaking the House AND the Senate! (Thursday edition)
This is an update and correction of my earlier diary Taking the house and the senate. The news is not much change. Taking the Senate (gaining 6 seats or more): odds are 3-1 Update [2006-10-12...
View ArticleStats geeks of daily Kos
OK, I am throwing this idea out here for general consumption. It's an idea and a plea for more ideas on how I, and others here, can help two groups in certain ways: 1. Help more Democrats get elected,...
View ArticleWe've got data, have you got data?
A few days ago I started a Yahoo group called stats_geeks_of_daily_kos. We've got some members (thanks for joining!). Some have uploaded data (a file with all the 2006 House of Rep. results, with %...
View ArticleGOP SURVEY
I received this survey from the National Republican Senatorial Committee this afternoon.Please note the question that I have BLOCKQUOTEDI wonder what they are planning to do with the results???????????
View ArticleKucinich Excluded From ABC Debate. Free Speech Expelled From Elections
Constructing Public Opinioncopyright © 2007 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.orgAmerica is faced with an interesting dilemma; whom might the citizens place in the Oval Office. November 2008 will arrive...
View ArticleI need the DKos Community To Take A Survey!
Alright, here's the deal. While I am a blogger at The Albany Project and Tom Reynolds Watch, I know that the ways people obtain information have changed.Thus why I need everyone to help me out here. I...
View ArticleLurkers Speak Out! Lurker Survey Results
For some background on this work, check this older diary here The target audience for the survey was lurkers on the site, a group I’d been curious about but found little way to connect to. The...
View ArticleNC voter registration and opinion poll results
Most voter registration in North Carolina ended last Friday (the exception is people who vote early beginning April 17, and who register at the polling place.) This morning the Raleigh News &...
View ArticleWhat is Epidemiology? (Thursday Night Health Series)
THURSDAY NIGHT IS HEALTH CARE CHANGE NIGHT, a weekly Daily Kos Health Care Series.Today, in follow-up to my earlier diary "What is Public Health", we ask "What is Epidemiology"?
View ArticleHappy Elderly: the NYT & WaPo try to make you stupid
I just ran across this blog entry from the New York Times, which references this story from the Washington Post, explaining thatSeveral studies have produced a stream of evidence that...happens to...
View ArticleTeenage Sex & Drugs... how about actual data
Mediocre journalism and journalists love to do "trends" pieces, which amount to what "what my friends' friend and the taxi driver said."Teenage Sex and Drug behavior is always a favorite topic. Happily...
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