Individual Project  Sampling  Tue, 3/7/17 Numeric  200 0  Report of 3-4 pages View objectives for this assignment Go To: Assignment Details Learning Materials Reading Assignment My Work: Online Deliverables:  Submissions Looking for tutoring?  Go to Smarthinking Collapse All | Expand All Assignment Details  Assignment Description How Many People to Survey? Poll results are prevalent in the media, especially leading up to elections, as are reports on surveys done by universities and research groups. The survey results of small groups of people are used to portray a general consensus about a population. Do you ever wonder how many people should be included in a survey to make it a meaningful reflection of a population? Now you will be able to answer your own question. After learning this, you might never feel the same about these polls and surveys again. Using the following specific resources, create a lecture (with citations) that includes the following: Part 1: Survey Analysis Entertainment Survey Using a newspaper article from the AIU library's full-text database: Newsstand (ProQuest), create a lecture (with citations) that includes the following: Describe an entertainment poll or survey. Analyze the number of people who participated in the sample compared to the number in the population. Most news articles will not provide information on the number of people surveyed. In this case, critique the validity of the results. (Be sure to cite the article which must be from Newsstand ProQuest) Here is a  Research Guide . Discuss how the results of the survey can be used to tell a story or support an idea of the sponsoring company or media group. Political Survey Use polls from one of the following sources: Source 1 Source 2 Describe a political poll or survey. Analyze the number of people who participated in the sample compared to the number in the population. Discuss how the results of the survey can be used to tell a story or support an idea of the sponsoring company or media group. General Survey Use polls from one of the following sources: Source 1 Source 2 Describe a general opinion poll or survey. Analyze the number of people who participated in the sample compared to the number in the population. Discuss how the results of the survey can be used to tell a story or support an idea of the sponsoring company or media group. Overview Consider the 3 surveys presented. Using the knowledge you learned from the textbook, compare and contrast the sample sizes in each of the three surveys mentioned in the post and determine if the samples sizes are appropriate. In your opinion, which appears to be the most valid? (Cite and reference the textbook) This section of the paper will be 2–3 pages in length, and each survey or poll described must come from AIU Library's Newsstand ProQuest Database and the sources provided. Please do not use quotes or copy definitions. You will not receive credit for understanding the materials if you use the words of other.

1. Individual Project
Sampling
Tue, 3/7/17
Numeric
200
0
Report of 3-4 pages
View objectives for this assignment
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Assignment Details
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My Work:
Online Deliverables:
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Assignment Details
Assignment Description
How Many People to Survey?
Poll results are prevalent in the media, especially leading up to
elections, as are reports on surveys done by universities and
research groups.
The survey results of small groups of people are used to portray
a general consensus about a population. Do you ever wonder
how many people should be included in a survey to make it a
meaningful reflection of a population? Now you will be able to
answer your own question. After learning this, you might never
feel the same about these polls and surveys again.
Using the following specific resources, create a lecture (with
citations) that includes the following:

2. Part 1: Survey Analysis
Entertainment Survey
Using a newspaper article from the AIU library's full-text
database: Newsstand (ProQuest), create a lecture (with
citations) that includes the following:
Describe an entertainment poll or survey. Analyze the number
of people who participated in the sample compared to the
number in the population. Most news articles will not provide
information on the number of people surveyed. In this case,
critique the validity of the results. (Be sure to cite the article
which must be from Newsstand ProQuest) Here is a
Research Guide
.
Discuss how the results of the survey can be used to tell a story
or support an idea of the sponsoring company or media group.
Political Survey
Use polls from one of the following sources:
Source 1
Source 2
Describe a political poll or survey. Analyze the number of
people who participated in the sample compared to the number
in the population.
Discuss how the results of the survey can be used to tell a story
or support an idea of the sponsoring company or media group.
General Survey
Use polls from one of the following sources:
Source 1
Source 2
Describe a general opinion poll or survey. Analyze the number
of people who participated in the sample compared to the
number in the population.
Discuss how the results of the survey can be used to tell a story
or support an idea of the sponsoring company or media group.
Overview
Consider the 3 surveys presented.
Using the knowledge you learned from the textbook, compare

3. and contrast the sample sizes in each of the three surveys
mentioned in the post and determine if the samples sizes are
appropriate.
In your opinion, which appears to be the most valid? (Cite and
reference the textbook)
This section of the paper will be 2–3 pages in length, and each
survey or poll described must come from AIU Library's
Newsstand ProQuest Database and the sources provided.
Please do not use quotes or copy definitions. You will not
receive credit for understanding the materials if you use the
words of others. Keep in mind that because you did research and
you have citations in the body of the post, you must also place a
reference list at the end containing the textbook and the articles
cited.
Part 2: Application
Create your own 3-question entertainment survey or using this
General Opinion Survey
or another free survey program or this
link
. Secure a minimum of 20 responses. Your survey respondents
may be friends, family or classmates. (
Note:
The small sample size was chosen for convenience, and as you
know, is not a valid sample. The goal is for you to create,
deploy, and analyze a simple survey.)
Create Excel charts of your results and describe those charts in
words. (You will receive no credit for charts that are copied
from the survey software.)
Include a copy of your survey
Provide charts of your results and describe those charts in
words
Explain how the results of your survey can be used by a media
group or company
This section of the paper will contain 1 page of text and 3
charts.
References

4. Gallup
. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/Home.aspx
Pew Research. (n.d.).
Question search
. Retrieved from http://people-press.org/question-search
Survey Monkey
. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.surveymonkey.com/
Zoomerang
. (n.d.). http://www.zoomerang.com/basic/
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. Using the template without deleting the headings ensures that
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