David Akin's On the Hill

Info/Contact for David Akin

Want a widget like this?

Get On The Hill updates in your RSS reader

Home

Search this blog:

Custom Search

Subscribe to this blog using your favourite feed reader:

Who pays for this blog?
I receive no fees, considerations, etc. etc. for the posts on this blog nor do I have any plans to accept any. My salary is paid by Canwest Global Communications Corp. I work for that company as the Ottawa-based National Affairs Correspondent for Canwest News Service.
The blog publishing platform used here is called Blogware and it's developed by Tucows Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. My use of Blogware should not be taken as an endorsement of that company. Like all Blogware users, I do not pay any fees for the use of this service.
I participate in program. Google pays me some money and, for that, I give Google some space on this site to display ads. Google sells those ads and Google, not me, decides what advertising content you are seeing. I do not filter these ads and take no responsibility for them. Readers should not assume I endorse any of the products or services advertised here.
If you think other disclosures are appropriate in this space, I'd like to hear from you. All of my contact details are always at www.davidakin.com You can read more about this section

Re: The KLR VU poll in Guelph: Dirty tricks or business development?

by SUZANNE

IVR polling-- the method used by KLR VU research--- is now a common methodology in the US. Traditional telephone surveys are seen as the gold standard, but they are gaining more and more credence. Two companies in the US that are known for their IVR polls are Rasmussen and SurveyUSA. This methodology is often used for campaigns in small states/geographical areas that don't often have a lot of money. The Wall Street Journal recently had an article on IVR polling: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121755195267602989.html I think that IVR might not live up to polling theory, but the bottom line is whether it has predictive value. If it can accurately predict voter intention, it can contradict all the theory out there, -- the point is that it works.

Post comment:

Format Type:
	Convert newlines
	Receive comment notifications for this article
Subject:

Comment:

Comment verification:

Please enter the text you see inside the graphic to post your comment:

You are not currently logged in. If you would like your user information to be displayed with your comment, please enter your login information below.

Username:
Password:

If you would like to post contact information on your comment, please enter your information into the optional fields below:

Contact information:

Name:
URL:		example: http://yourdomain.com
Email:

Please note: email will not be displayed on the site, only for the blog owner. If logged in, URL will only be used.