Surveys And Slovin’s Formula... I was reading some threads in one of the famous Filipino Forums (Pinoyexchange.com) otherwise known as PEX for short, and I found this article posted (see complete article below).   I don’t know exactly who originally wrote this but it made sense to me.. at first that is (let me explain) I’m...

Are The Surveys Flawed?... I was reading a recent article from Businessmirror and this part got my attention These sectors are coming around to the view that our local pollsters are doing a great disservice to the public and to the social-science profession by using flawed, even long-discarded, methods in their determination...

Fake SWS Survey??... An alleged text messages which read… “SWS survey as of March 7 to 10, 2010 with 2,520 Makati resident respondents. District 1 Mercado 41%, Binay 30%, Genuino 10%, Aquino 1%. District 2 37%, 33%, 12%, 2% respectively” is currently spreading. According to Social Weather Station,...

Can The SWS Survey Accurately Measure th... Election time again and political candidates are doing whatever they can to ‘look good’ on surveys. I’ve always wondered how accurate are these SWS surveys and can they really measure the ‘pulse’ of the people? I read an article in Inquirer. One specific SWS survey covered...