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...that the TIME/CNN poll accompanying the piece had focused on questions in which New Yorkers bewailed the city's decline but had left out the fact that 70% of residents said they still think it is the greatest city in the world. "There was no selective release," responded Hal Quinley, senior vice president of Yankelovich Clancy Shulman, which conducted the survey. "The poll results were overwhelmingly negative...
Opinion research can also have an impact that transcends the week's news. Says Hal Quinley, a senior vice president at Yankelovich: "Polls, along with the press, are one of the many ways people comment and respond to their political leaders." We happen to agree, but as always, we encourage our readers to form their own opinions...
Pollster Hal Quinley of Yankelovich Clancy Shulman also wonders about what this small group of respondents represents. "You would expect people who returned the questionnaire to be atypical," he says. "If sex was not very important, then the woman wouldn't answer. If it was a burning issue, she would." Other pollsters charge that Hite's questions are flawed. Tom Smith of the National Opinion Research Center is skeptical about Hite's finding that 98% of women want to make basic changes in their relationships. No one could disagree with the proposition that things aren't perfect, he says...
Nonetheless, even the experts are reluctant to dismiss Hite out of hand. "It's very hard to get a representative group," says Quinley. "I wouldn't say it kills the whole thing." Berkeley Psychologist Bernard Apfelbaum, a Hite supporter, believes it is not important to get a completely representative sample when delving into the field of sex and love. By virtue of their willingness to participate in the survey, Hite's women may be unusual, he says, "but they are giving voice to a problem in ways other women cannot...
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