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One of the ways in which sample information is utilized is in polls.  We see sample results from polls, surveys and the like all the time in the media.  When we turn on the television, read the paper, or a journal, there are survey & poll results all around us.  This week, please do some research (either on the web, journals, newspapers, etc.) and choose a survey or poll for evaluation.  Provide the weblink where other students and the instructor can access the chosen article.   

Then, discuss how you go about assessing the credibility of that particular survey or poll.  Provide a list of questions that you would pose to the group who has carried out the survey that would help you to assess its credibility.

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The link for the poll is:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/05/us/politics/americans-views-on-2016-presidential-campaign-and-issues.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics&module=RelatedCoverage&region=Marginalia&pgtype=article

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