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There's a pretty good breakdown of the info at the Gallup Organization's homepage
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[[Hopewell Foundation - Survivor Polling]]
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http://www.gallup.com/help/FAQs/poll1.asp 
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but the quick version works like this:
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Have you read or heard anything about a group of people called the
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Survivors or the Godlike? [Yes/No]
  
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1. Work out a series of carefully-worded, non-leading opinion questions with multiple choice answers. Usually the answers are opposites (yes/no, more likely/less likely, approve/disapprove, Bush/Kerry, etc.), but you leave a third option open for undecided/I don't know answers. Ask however many questions you want, but more questions gives you better data to work with (to a point, anyway).  (We should, all of us, probably kick in a few poll questions to help you out there, but I'd bet you can pull some from a few polls out there or get some forum folks somewhere to give you a bunch.)
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How much have you read or heard? [A lot/some/just a little]
  
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2. Choose a target demographic ("Americans of voting age," "UW Students," etc.) and select a random sample of them to call. You typically poll 1,000 people (well, until you get 1,000 answers) - it's accurate to +/- 3% and a larger number doesn't improve that accuracy much, but does cost more.
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Do you believe that the Survivors exist? [Yes/No/Not sure]
  
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3. You hire people to make calls and conduct the poll. These people ask the questions and record, anonymously, the responses.
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Do you feel that you have as much information about the Survivors as you
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want, or would you prefer to have more information about them?
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[Enough/More]
  
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4. When you successfully poll 1,000 people (the most cost-effective number; it has an accuracy of +/- 3%), you put your data in a report with colored bar graphs and percentage numbers ("60% in favor, 30% opposed, with 10% undecided"), as well as an analysis of what those numbers mean ("Steve, people totally hate you").
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Do you believe that the Survivors are basically just like you and me?
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[Yes/No/Not sure]
  
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WHO is doing this polling??
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Do you believe that the Survivors are still human? [Yes/No/Not sure]
  
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Anyone. Seriously, there are a few companies that exist to do polling (Gallup is the most well-known), as well as private pollsters (Joey Lucas on The West Wing, for example). Every news agency does their own polls, too, and most major corporations have their marketing firms do polls for them.
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Do you believe that the Survivors are entitled to the same rights as
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other people? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Do you believe that the Survivors have superhuman powers? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Many of the Survivors (claim to) have superhuman powers. (If these
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claims are true,) Should they be required to register their powers with
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the Federal government? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Do you think that the Survivors have a greater responsibility for public
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service than other people? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Do you think that the government should force military service on any
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Survivors it deems valuable? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Do you think that the government has that right? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Do you think that Survivors with the power to do so should stop crimes
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they see happening, even if this makes them vigilantes? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Do you think that Survivors with the power to stop crimes from happening
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should be punished for not doing so? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Do you think that Survivors who try to prevent crimes and fail should be
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punished for their failures? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Do you think that current laws are enough to handle Survivors who decide
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to use their powers illegally? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Do you think that the Survivors are a threat to the general American
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public? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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How much of a threat do you feel the Survivors are? [a serious threat/a
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moderate threat/not much of a threat]
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How likely do you think it is that the Survivors will become a threat to
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the general American public? [very likely/somewhat likely/not too
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likely/not likely at all]
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Would you say that the Survivors or terrorism are a bigger threat to the
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general American public? [Survivors/Terrorism]
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Do you think that the Survivors should be kept separate from the general
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American public? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Would you object to having a Survivor as your neighbor? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Should warnings be issued to neighborhoods where Survivors live,
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alerting their communities that a Survivor is in residence? [Yes/No/Not
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sure]
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How worried are you that you or someone you know will be hurt by one of
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the Survivors? [very worried/somewhat worried/not too worried/not
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worried at all]
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Do you agree with the federal government's decision to keep the
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existence of the Survivors secret from the American public between
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September 11, 2001 and January 20, 2005? [Yes/No/not sure]
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Do you agree with the federal government's decision to keep the
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existence of the Survivors secret from their families between September
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11, 2001 and January 20, 2005? [Yes/No/not sure]
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Where do you think the Survivors origins lie?
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[Government/God/Aliens/Other/Not sure]
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Do you think that the Survivors are likely to have a positive impact on
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America? [Yes/No/Not sure]
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Do you think that the Survivors are likely to have a positive impact on
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the world? [Yes/No/Not sure]
  
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We'll probably see CNN, MSNBC, etc. polls on the Survivors, but we'd want to do our own, too. That's so we can compare numbers and also because each poll will have a few unique questions. We could conduct the poll ourselves ("internal polling") or hire someone to do it for us; the later is considered more accurate, so it's what I'd lean for, esp. with the Foundation just starting up.
 
  
  
 
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[[The AMERICAN GODS]]
 
[[The AMERICAN GODS]]

Revision as of 00:39, 17 August 2005

Hopewell Foundation - Survivor Polling


Have you read or heard anything about a group of people called the Survivors or the Godlike? [Yes/No]

How much have you read or heard? [A lot/some/just a little]

Do you believe that the Survivors exist? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you feel that you have as much information about the Survivors as you want, or would you prefer to have more information about them? [Enough/More]

Do you believe that the Survivors are basically just like you and me? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you believe that the Survivors are still human? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you believe that the Survivors are entitled to the same rights as other people? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you believe that the Survivors have superhuman powers? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Many of the Survivors (claim to) have superhuman powers. (If these claims are true,) Should they be required to register their powers with the Federal government? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you think that the Survivors have a greater responsibility for public service than other people? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you think that the government should force military service on any Survivors it deems valuable? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you think that the government has that right? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you think that Survivors with the power to do so should stop crimes they see happening, even if this makes them vigilantes? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you think that Survivors with the power to stop crimes from happening should be punished for not doing so? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you think that Survivors who try to prevent crimes and fail should be punished for their failures? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you think that current laws are enough to handle Survivors who decide to use their powers illegally? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you think that the Survivors are a threat to the general American public? [Yes/No/Not sure]

How much of a threat do you feel the Survivors are? [a serious threat/a moderate threat/not much of a threat]

How likely do you think it is that the Survivors will become a threat to the general American public? [very likely/somewhat likely/not too likely/not likely at all]

Would you say that the Survivors or terrorism are a bigger threat to the general American public? [Survivors/Terrorism]

Do you think that the Survivors should be kept separate from the general American public? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Would you object to having a Survivor as your neighbor? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Should warnings be issued to neighborhoods where Survivors live, alerting their communities that a Survivor is in residence? [Yes/No/Not sure]

How worried are you that you or someone you know will be hurt by one of the Survivors? [very worried/somewhat worried/not too worried/not worried at all]

Do you agree with the federal government's decision to keep the existence of the Survivors secret from the American public between September 11, 2001 and January 20, 2005? [Yes/No/not sure]

Do you agree with the federal government's decision to keep the existence of the Survivors secret from their families between September 11, 2001 and January 20, 2005? [Yes/No/not sure]

Where do you think the Survivors origins lie? [Government/God/Aliens/Other/Not sure]

Do you think that the Survivors are likely to have a positive impact on America? [Yes/No/Not sure]

Do you think that the Survivors are likely to have a positive impact on the world? [Yes/No/Not sure]


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