April 29, 2015
Quick Chat: The Problem with Polling
In this quick chat, Heyman explains his thoughts on what he calls 鈥淭he Problem with Polling鈥.
We鈥檝e all been there: you鈥檙e just about to sit down with the family to a nice, fresh, hot dinner鈥.and the phone rings.
Do you answer it, or do you let it go to voice mail?
What if it鈥檚 something important?
You don鈥檛 recognize the number on the call display, but you grab the handset anyway.
Surprise, it鈥檚 a pollster! This really shouldn鈥檛 come as a shock, as Alberta is in the midst of a provincial election.
But are polls really worth the time and effort? Richard Heyman doesn鈥檛 think so. The professor in the Werklund School of Education says he doesn鈥檛 believe polls provide any sort of real analysis, in large part due to the manner in which each question is framed.
In this quick chat, Heyman explains his thoughts on what he calls 鈥淭he Problem with Polling鈥.
Audio:
- Quick Chat (7:31)