Imagine you work as a lead researcher for a polling organization. You are designing a survey to reveal public attitudes on a key political issue.<\/p>\n

Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n

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1. Select an issue you would like to survey. Your selection should be one on which public opinion has been established and various groups have articulated their position.<\/li>\n
2. Using the information provided in the \u201cArt of Public Opinion Polling: Survey Design 101\u201d Power Point, and information from the textbook, think about the three steps to designing a survey:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

   A. State your Research Question<\/p>\n

   What is your research question? Consider the importance of clearly stating the issue you want to survey.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

   B. State the sample selection procedure and the size of your sample<\/p>\n

   What fundamental principles should surveys employ to measure public opinion; how important is it to select an appropriate sample and sample size?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

   C. Bias versus unbiased survey questions<\/p>\n

   Scientific polling relies on avoiding biased or leading questions in order to generate clean survey sample data.<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n

   3.<\/strong> Create a basic survey design using the template in Course Documents. <\/p>\n

   4.<\/strong> Complete the last part of the assignment by noting your conclusions based on the survey results you anticipate. Your conclusions should be based on the survey results you expect to collect\u2014you do not have to have actual survey participants. <\/p>\n

   5.<\/strong> Submit your completed template to Survey Design 101.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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