Sentences with phrase «sample of public opinion»

So the results reported below can only be suggestive; to get a reliable sample of public opinion in the state, a survey for that state would need to be conducted.

Please note this is not a representative sample of public opinion.

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1155 Canadians 18 years of age and older who had heard of Blackberry Ltd, fully three quarters agree the survival of Blackberry is important to the Canadian economy (75 %) and as many as one half agree strongly (50 %).

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among 1087 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the average amount of vacation time given to employed workers is about 4 weeks (3.7), while the self - employed take a similar amount of time off (4.0 weeks, on average).

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1,385 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the majority (51 %) do not agree Canadian employers should be able to hire temporary foreign workers (a federal program which has just been curtailed), while fewer than this agree (45 %).

In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll ™ among Canadians 18 years of age and older, 1 - in - 7 (14 %) planned to make a major purchase of $ 10,000 or more in the next year.

In addition, these requests were supported by representations that have been made during the past two years to the Canadian Human Rights Commission, by samplings of public opinion, and by recent legislative developments in several provinces.

Not exact matches

Over the past ten years, several institutes that study public opinion have regularly asked representative samples of the population of those over eighteen years of age whether they favored or opposed homosexual marriage and adoption of children by same - sex couples.

Over the last ten years, several institutes that study public opinion have regularly asked representative samples of the population of those over eighteen years of age whether they favored or opposed homosexual marriage and adoption of children by same - sex couples.

Earlier this year the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP) asked a representative sample of Europeans the views they intend to express in their vote during the European elections in May (PDF).

At one end of the scale are opinion polls, which sample the whole population but may not reflect a well informed, well thought - out response to questions about government or public service quality, and may in fact reflect opinions on other matters such as economic outlook.

This survey by the Daily News and the Marist Poll was based upon a representative sample of the New York electorate to measure, not influence, public opinion.

In the experiment, we asked a national sample of the US population to participate in a public opinion poll about popular topics (participants did not know that the study was really about climate change).

Our sample of more than 4,200 respondents, including oversamples of parents and teachers, also gives us the chance to experiment with some of the survey questions in order to tease out nuances in public opinion.

On four issues — Common Core, charter schools, tax credits, and merit pay for teachers — the poll examines whether President Trump's endorsement of a policy has a polarizing effect on public opinion by telling half of the sample the president's position while not supplying this information to the other.

Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the Education Next annual survey of a nationally representative sample of Americans and of teachers presents 2016 opinions on education policy together with trends in opinion among the general public and among teachers, giving special attention to the differing views of Republicans and Democrats.

To see whether the presence of a charter school within a neighborhood is correlated with public opinion — either favorable or unfavorable — we surveyed a representative sample of residents living in zip codes in which at least one charter school is located.

Opinion samples usually reveal a reluctance to pay for dimly perceived objectives, absolutely true, and even trying to tease out a thread of self - consistency from public opinions about such matters is sometimes impossible.

Krosnik sampled public opinion and understanding before and after, allowing him to measure the effect of media coverage.

ESM 269 - Survey Design and Environmental Public Opinion [2 units] Gehlbach Issues of survey design, including sampling, questionnaire design, data collection and data processing.

One drawback: unlike scientifically conducted public opinion polls, the survey isn't a random sample of high school students across the state or nation; it's the high schoolers whose schools use Newsela.

The survey, conducted by the public opinion firm Hart Research, polled a representative sample of 605 teachers and found that more than 75 percent believed that a greater focus on social and emotional learning would be a «major benefit» to students because of its positive impact on workforce readiness, school attendance and graduation, life success, college preparation and academic success.