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Surveys and interviews

When polls showed that Romney was falling behind President Barack Obama, they sought to discredit the polls.

Polls that are too small are bad for obvious reasons.

Finally, polls that are too hard can't tell you much either.

We got data from the Gallup Organization, which you know from the political polls that have been happening lately.

I was auditioning and interviewing in drama schools across the country.

In the case of countries for which survey results are missing, survey results for similar countries and expert assessments are used in order to fill in gaps.

Moreover, its poll numbers continue to climb.

Survey investigations have the advantage of using tailor made questionnaires to collect data for a specific analytical purpose.

We are offering to provide material, footage, images and interviews with people to interested media outlets for broadcast.

The radio programme scripts were presented in a variety of formats, including dramas, interviews and question and answer sessions.

All United Nations agencies were involved through consultations, interviews and discussions of findings and recommendations.

These polls indicate high levels of satisfaction with the overall treatment given.

Polls that are too narrow, that only ask a certain type of person a question, are bad, too.

Despite their flaws, public opinion polls provide us with some sense of the thoughts and moods of large groups of people.

So, if polls are open to all sorts of manipulation and inaccuracies, why are they still so prevalent?

Indeed, one third of Democrats have at various times told pollsters that they will not vote for a black candidate.

In fact, if you look at polls, they show a declining trend for support for free trade in the West.

Citizens behavior does not seem to have changed as dramatically as have their responses to poll questions.

Business surveys or structured interviews represent another approach that has been used to obtain information on the importance of NTBs.

However, surveys tend to be very resource intensive, and this often forces researchers to compromise on the scale of the investigation.

He contends that the ban on the publication of polling results during the campaign period has not been shown to promote fair elections, as the Constitutional Court simply speculated that publication of polls could swing votes both towards and away from particular candidates.

Moreover, these studies typically pool castes into three large groups, which distorts the real picture.

And all surveys show that young men and women want to study and have a job before they marry.

Ten days ago, Viktor Yushchenko, the opposition candidate for president (who is leading in the polls), disappeared from the campaign trail.

The channel canceled its regular programs, and was transformed into a round the clock workshop of live news and interviews, switching from one revolution to another.

In the words of the organizers of the We Are All Laila campaign, the event geared at posting podcasts, featuring interviews with women from all walks of life

There was a general request for more time to be devoted to these issues in evaluations and interviews with former participants.

Whether or not her judgment carries a racist undertone, as many observers believe, the polls indicate that many Americans agree.

(ii) Exhibits, guided tours, lectures provision of lectures and presentations on African development issues to various audiences including civil society and academia seminars on globalization, development strategies and policy coherence, including in connection with UNCTAD training courses and other capacity building activities

The inspection team adopted a participatory approach in the preparation of this report, encouraging all constituencies to put forward their views in a series of questionnaires and interviews.

Indeed, an astounding 87 of Indians polled said that they did not think the election mattered to them.

And a recent Associated Press Yahoo News poll suggested that his race is costing Obama six percentage points in the polls.

So how much is race costing Obama? The problem is that pollsters cannot effectively measure the problem.

But Sarkozy has not governed effectively, as his party s disenchantment with him and polling data make abundantly clear.

The idea that he would seek to renegotiate the terms of Britain s EU membership is also familiar from his earlier speeches and interviews.

In our next update, we will present more details about the trip, the interviews, and the clips that define the rich experience of this project and show what diverse communities in Latin America have created in matters of education.

Since polls are costly, the Group had asked the task force to consider ways to pool resources, tap outside expertise and seek pro bono assistance.

Investors, who viewed Greenspan as a warm security blanket, now lavish him with fat six figure speaking fees.

It has provided in a timely manner briefings, press releases, media advisories, official statements and interviews, in addition to promoting conferences, training workshops for Iraqis and seminars organized by various components of the Mission.

In Mexico, López Obrador has both begun picking up in the polls in recent days, and showing his true colors, promising the stars and the moon to the Mexican electorate.

South Korea's Election Malpractice Prevention Act forbids publishing or quoting the results of public opinion polls, and any details of the polls, during the entire interval of a political campaign.

Through their photographs and interviews, Claudia and Daniela hope to show that Honduras is a country full of hard working people, people with dreams, ambitions, joys and sorrows just like in every corner of the world.

To ensure that views from women and men in rural areas were also considered, five Provinces were visited where consultation took place through workshops, interviews and collection of data from various Government and civil society organizations.