Open link to February-March 2024 Pennsylvania Statewide Omnibus Poll

Week 11(2) Activity

Open link to President Biden's job approval numbers

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Based on our class discussion, why might presidential job approval poll not be a valid measure of approval?

After we review the major threats to valid polling results, explore the poll details in the link above and identify features of the poll that might suffer from one or more of these problems and explain why.

POLS 170: Investigating Politics Week 10(2) In-Class Activity Do polls represent all Americans? A. Recap of Sampling 1. Based on our recap of sampling, discuss what characteristics separate a good poll from a bad poll? B. What’s up with polling these days? 1. Of the four problems with polling these days, which one do you think is the biggest threat to the validity of the data? Why?