Poll results are prevalent in the media especially leading up to elections as are reports on surveys done by universities and research groups.
The survey results of small groups of people are used to portray a general consensus about a population. Do you ever wonder how many people should be included in a survey to make it a meaningful reflection of a population? Now you will be able to answer your own question. After learning this you might never feel the same about these polls and surveys again.
Using the following specific resources create a lecture (with citations) that includes the following:
Part 1: Survey Analysis
Entertainment Survey
Using a newspaper article from Newsstand (ProQuest) create a lecture (with citations) that includes the following:
Political Survey
Use polls from one of the following sources:
Source 1
Source 2
General Survey
Use polls from one of the following sources:
Source 1
Source 2
Overview
Consider the 3 surveys presented.
This section of the paper will be 23 pages in length and each survey or poll described must come from AIU Library’s Newsstand ProQuest Database and the sources provided.
Please do not use quotes or copy definitions. You will not receive credit for understanding the materials if you use the words of others. Keep in mind that because you did research and you have citations in the body of the post you must also place a reference list at the end containing the textbook and the articles cited.
Part 2: Application
Create your own 3-question entertainment survey using thisGeneral Opinion Surveyor another free survey program or thislink. Secure a minimum of 20 responses. Your survey respondents may be friends family or classmates. (Note:The small sample size was chosen for convenience and as you know is not a valid sample. The goal is for you to create deploy and analyze a simple survey.)
Create Excel charts of your results and describe those charts in words. (You will receive no credit for charts that are copied from the survey software.)
This section of the paper will contain 1 page of text and 3 charts.