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Poll survey firms on the dock

By Roberto R. Romulo | February 19, 2010 - 12:00am

Like many others out there, my perception of the ongoing election campaign has been in no small way influenced by the pre-election surveys that are sprouting from everywhere and are now being fed us with increasing...

Business

Scapegoats

By SKETCHES | By Ana Marie Pamintuan | April 28, 2004 - 12:00am

If you’re losing in the surveys, the pollsters must be lying. That’s the prevailing attitude among President Arroyo’s rivals, who seem to be doing everything lately – looking for scapegoats, finding...

Opinion

Straw polls

By A LAW EACH DAY (KEEPS TROUBLE AWAY) | By Jose C. Sison | April 26, 2004 - 12:00am

Conducting surveys on the electorate’s preference for certain candidates to a position may be useful to the candidates themselves during the campaign period. It gives them a more or less accurate assessment...

Opinion

‘Protect public from dubious opinion polls’

By Dulce Arguelles | February 29, 2004 - 12:00am

An official of the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) called on the Philippine Statistical Association (PSA) yesterday to protect the public from unsound election surveys and illegitimate pollsters. The...

Headlines