How Many People to Survey?

Gallup poll results are prevalent in the media especially leading up to
elections as are reports on surveys done by universities and research groups
like the Pew Research Center.

The survey results of small groups of people are used to portray a general
consensus about a population. Ever wonder how many people should be included in
a survey to make it a meaningful reflection of a population? Now you will be
able to answer your own question. Be warned; you will never feel the same about
these polls and surveys again.

Using the following specific resources, create a lecture (with citations)
which includes the following:

Part 1: Survey Analysis

Entertainment Survey
Using a newspaper article
from AIU library’s full-text database: National Newspapers (Proquest), create a
lecture (with citations) which includes the following:

• Describe an entertainment poll or survey. Analyze the number of people who
  participated in the sample compared to the number in the population. Most news
  articles will not provide information on the number of people surveyed. In this
  case critique the validity of the results. (Be sure to cite the article which
  must be from National Newspapers -ProQuest) Here is aResearch Guide.

• Discuss how the results of the survey can be used to tell a story or support
  an idea of the sponsoring company or media group.

Political Survey
Using polls from one of the
following sources:

Source 1

Source 2

• Describe a political poll or survey. Analyze the number of people who
  participated in the sample compared to the number in the population.

• Discuss how the results of the survey can be used to tell a story or support
  an idea of the sponsoring company or media group.

General Survey
Using polls from one of the
following sources:

Source 1

Source 2

• Describe a general opinion poll or survey. Analyze the number of people who
  participated in the sample compared to the number in the population.

• Discuss how the results of the survey can be used to tell a story or support
  an idea of the sponsoring company or media group.

Overview

Consider the three surveys presented.

• Using the knowledge you learned from the textbook, compare and contrast the
  sample sizes in each of the three surveys mentioned in the post and determine if
  the samples sizes are appropriate.

• In your opinion, which appears to be the most valid? (Cite and reference the
  textbook)

This section of the paper will be 2-3 pages in length and each survey or poll
described MUST come from AIU Library’s National Newspapers- ProQuest Database
and Pew Research Center or Gallup.

Please do not use quotes or copy definitions. You will not receive credit for
understanding the materials if you use the words of others. Keep in mind that
since you did research and you have citations in the body of the post, you must
also place a reference list at the end containing the textbook and the articles
cited.

• Include a copy of your survey

• Provide charts of your results and describe those charts in words

• Explain how the results of your survey can be used by a media group or
  company.

This section of the paper will contain 1 page of text and 3 charts.

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