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Frequently Asked Questions (2): How Does The Voting Intention Question Work?
Recent correspondence has reminded me that not everybody knows exactly how we set about asking respondents their voting intentions, or how we calculate the figures from their responses.
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Consumers' Attitudes Towards Location Based Services In Great Britain, France And Germany
Research commissioned by AirFlash, the premier provider of location-based development platforms for carriers and portals in conjunction with MORI and partners Demoscopie in France and INRA in Germany, has revealed the following trends amongst mobile consumers in Great Britain, France and Germany:
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Mobile Customers Prepared To Pay Premium Price For Location Based Services
Mobile phone customers in Great Britain believe that location based services will be valuable and they would be prepared to change operator and pay a premium price to have access to them according to research commissioned by AirFlash, the premier provider of location-based development platforms for carriers and portals.
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Mobile Customers Prepared To Use Location-Based Services
Customers willing to pay up to 35 DEM per month to use location-based services
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Political Polling In Britain - The History
Dr Henry Durant, the man who introduced opinion polling to Britain, once described it as "the stupidest of professions" - for who else is stupid enough to publish a prediction on Thursday morning that may be proved wrong on Thursday evening?
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The Dentist's Chair Or Christmas Shopping - You Decide!
New DealTime.co.uk Survey reveals that more Britons find Christmas shopping stressful than visiting the dentist
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Motivating Adult Learners
The Basic Skills Agency today launches new research into what motivates adults with poor basic skills to improve them. The survey, commissioned by the Adult Basic Skills Promotion Task Force (set up following the publication of the Moser Report, A Fresh Start), is called Getting Better Basic Skills - what motivates adults.
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Bobbies On The Beat, They Can't Always Be In The Right Place At The Right Time
In a dramatic display of public misunderstanding, a MORI poll conducted for the National Neighbourhood Watch Association (NNWA) has found that 93% of the British public who expressed an opinion overestimates the number of times that a police officer on foot patrol is actually likely to come across a crime in progress. In response to these figures the NNWA is challenging politicians and police chiefs to re-consider this wasteful use of police resources and concentrate instead on more focused crime prevention measures. They are also pointing out that vigilant neighbours are much more likely to be in the right place at the right time to prevent residential crime taking place.