Word: survey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Educational Resources Group (ERG) will survey students Monday on changing the academic calendar...
...police detection, according to a new study by the Rand Corp., is far less successful. "The image of the detective as a guy with a network of informants who can help him crack cases is a myth," says Peter Greenwood, 36, the management analyst who directed the two-year survey of 156 U.S. police departments. Whether or not a case will be solved depends mostly on the information the victim or a witness supplies to the responding patrol officer. Adds Greenwood: "If a witness isn't available immediately after the crime, there isn't much the police...
Humphrey's Problem. If a deadlocked Democratic convention nominated Hubert Humphrey, how would he go over with voters? In a national survey conducted for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly and White, 1,002 Americans were asked if they found Humphrey acceptable as a candidate, regardless of their first choice for President. Only 40% of the sample said they did; a walloping 46% found him unacceptable, probably a reflection that he has been around too long. By contrast, President Ford was acceptable to 58% and unacceptable to only 36%, and Ronald Reagan also had a favorable rating...
...widespread in American business. Recently, Pitney-Bowes Chairman Fred T. Allen commissioned Opinion Research Corp. to poll upper-and middle-level corporate managers on whether they believed bribes should be paid to officials in foreign countries where such practices are standard. A surprising 48% said yes. A survey of 73 senior international executives, announced last week by the Conference Board, an independent business research organization, came up with exactly the same finding. Three-quarters of the executives said their companies had been asked to pay bribes, and 25% added that the demands are a serious problem in their industries...
...Among Jewish women, those who accepted the biblical ban on sexual intercourse during menstruation generally had the worst periods. Catholic women who saw motherhood as their goal had more menstrual troubles than Catholic women who were willing to pursue careers and childless marriage. Similarly, in a door-to-door survey of 1,000 men and women in northern California, Psychologist Paige found that those who celebrated the role of wife and mother were most likely to accept the menstrual taboo. Her conclusion: "Adherence to menstrual taboos should decrease as the importance of the family and woman's role...