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 #2 (permalink) Sat Aug 20, 2005 8:23 am Meaning of 'opinion polls' |
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An opinion poll is information collected by means of interbviewing people about their views (opinions) and creating statistics showing the different percentages of how many people think this and how many people think that.
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| #3 (permalink) Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:58 am Meaning of 'opinion polls' |
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| So it means survey can be a synomin of poll? |
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| #4 (permalink) Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:50 am Meaning of 'opinion polls' |
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Hi Li2,
'Survey' is usually broader in its scope and 'poll' is more often concerned with numbers and percentages. Both however are used for finding/collecting information. Note the spelling - synonym.
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| #5 (permalink) Sun Jul 12, 2009 19:59 pm Meaning of 'opinion polls' |
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| Hi Li2, Mr Alan, I am really apreciate your dedication and time for answer and even more correct my mistakes, this is the opportunity to thanks and say how happy i am to belong to this web, sincerely, Liliana |
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