Public Opinion Polls

Part One

1) A random sample is the equal chances of selection in a targeted population of surveying a

given research.

2)The margin of error is the expression of the amountof random variation which underlay

the result ofthe review. Itis the range ofvalues existing above andbelowastatistic sample

in a confidence interval (Levy and Lemeshow 43).

3)The confidantof95 percent indicates thatthe certainty expressedin the survey has a

reflection of accuracy in the attitude ofthe totalpopulation.

4) The main types of errors that make a poll to be less than 100 percent accurate are the error

ofmargin anderrorofthe survey sample sizes.

5) Survey research isused to conductbusinessresearch on predicting andcomparing

estimated results as well as evoking bad decisions (Berry et al. 20). Further, surveys are

necessary to determine and measurethe social andbehavioralchangesin employee and

customer satisfaction for some organization.

Part Two

The public opinion polls is a nonbiased scientific inquiry or survey which is designed for

measuring the views of the various individuals in a region regarding a given series of topics. It

provides information thatallows for inferences to be drawn on different attributes in a larger

population for the journalists to serve as basis informative and accurate news. However, opinion

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polls reviews require an elaborate understanding of the importance of numbers in polls review,

reasons for doing it, statistics obtained, the place where the polls were done and the factors that may

skew the results.

Gallup poll conducted the review of the polls on whether the U.S. majority backs the

military action against the North Korea according to the New York Time post. The research was

released to determine the course of action taken by the North Korea if the diplomatic and economic

efforts fail by the UnitedStates ofAmerica (Gallup, Inc.). The survey involved an estimated number

of 1022 of the adults living in all 50 state of U.S. It also found that about 58 percent concurred with

the decision in favor of lifting the military action against the North Korea if the country could not

have peacefully achieved its goals. The poll was done a month ago where the interviews were

carried to the individuals from different political divide through telephone (Gallup, Inc.). According

to the research, the difference in political line had a different ideology to support the initiation of the