Word: survey
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most Harvard students want expanded curricular offerings and increased services and options in living arrangements, final results from a survey of undergraduates conducted by the Student Assembly indicate...
...experts began with a survey map of the scene and then charted the major echo points such as buildings, trees and even the press bus in the presidential motorcade. After eliminating irrelevant noises like the motorcycle engine, they identified four separate "high spike" sounds that they say were gunfire (to the ear, no gunshots are discernible when the tape is played normally). Their technique, they say, enables them to locate the origin of a sound to within two feet, and they claim that the fourth shot (actually the third in the sequence) was definitely from the grassy knoll...
...advertisement claims that "The Encare Oval was subjected to one of the most rigorous tests ever conducted." The FDA reports that it "is concerned that this survey was poorly assembled and consists largely of testimonial evidence. The agency considers promotion and labeling based on this data to be over-promotion...
...Respected Pollster Peter Hart found that incumbent Democrat Dick Clark was leading his conservative Republican opponent Roger Jepsen 57% to 27% in October. "We did not have it tight, and we did not have Jepsen moving up," says Hart. Jepsen beat Clark, 52% to 48%. In Kansas, one survey had Democrat Bill Roy ahead of eventual Winner Nancy Landon Kassebaum; running for Governor of that state, Democrat John Carlin was behind in the polls but also emerged a winner...
...They are much more likely to fool an interviewer on the telephone than during a personal session." Pre-election polls usually rely on one in-depth, in-person survey conducted a few months before the campaign. Follow-up polls are usually done by telephone. Most candidates prefer to save the $50,000 that a person-to-person follow-up would cost. This year that was a critical mistake in many states...