tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post6205343546852745577..comments2023-10-16T01:09:58.286-07:00Comments on BC Iconoclast: How surveys can be so very wrongBernardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15951619465188564252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post-79447733269651897032012-07-21T11:17:14.708-07:002012-07-21T11:17:14.708-07:00Except in BC in 2009 where almost all the polls pr...Except in BC in 2009 where almost all the polls projected a BC Liberal landslide and where the results ended up actually being very close. The Angus Reid online poll was the only one that didn't significantly underestimate BC NDP support in that election.<br /><br />PS: I don't think people "lie" about not having voted. i think that many people who don't vote in election also refuse to take part in surveys of any kind.DLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587165866597795302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-988599552908585128.post-70122295370465185832012-07-18T18:35:44.710-07:002012-07-18T18:35:44.710-07:00On the contrary, it shouldn't be pulled, you&#...On the contrary, it shouldn't be pulled, you've just made an extremely valuable quantitative observation on the basis of this survey, since you have the (rare) opportunity in this case to compare survey results with an population measure. And you've made a useful discovery with your observation! Perhaps it should be annotated to make it 100% clear that what people say they did is not necessarily what they did, but otherwise, it's a very interesting data point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com