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Understanding presidential polls: What to know about margin of error, methods and more

As Americans await election results, many are looking to the polls for clues. From the margins of error to methodology, ...
The Conversation

Why the margin of error matters more than ever in reading 2024 election polls – a pollster with 30 years of experience explains

Doug Schwartz is affiliated with the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR). As the director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, which has been taking the pulse of the public on policy ...
The New York Times

Where Polls Can Mess Up (and What Pollsters Do About It)

Conducting a poll isn’t an exact science. The process is susceptible to lots of common problems and baked-in biases — more than just the “margin of error.” By ...
Acsh.org

Election Polls Should Report Confidence Intervals, Not Just Margins of Error

Understanding the confidence interval will help you grasp what an election poll is -- or is not -- saying. As you might have guessed, the media consistently gets it wrong. Candidate Gobermouch is ...