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Social Media Guilt
You might have noticed that I have been somewhat silent over the past couple of months. It is not just your imagination. Work and life got in the way, which is not an excuse or an apology, and before I...
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We all want relevant advertising.. so what?
Do you want companies to send you or expose you to irrelevant ads? I think not. But maybe this intuition of mine is wrong. What is needed is a scientific study. Thankfully, SAS and Leger Marketing...
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The Stagnation Phase: Evolution of Consumer Confidence
There are no shortage of real world indicators of economic performance of an economy and its implications for everyday citizens but sometimes a public opinion measure offers us a clear alternative to...
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Values, Beliefs and Politics: The Changing Tide of POR about Guns in the U.S.
The most recent shootings in a Colorado movie theatre by a man armed with an automatic weapon has hardly caused a ripple in terms of public demands for gun control. In one way, this is strikingly...
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Even the Olympics are Not Immune to Our On-Demand Culture
With each passing day we are moving to a world in which our shared cultural experiences are actually less shared. As others have noted, our multi-channel and multi-site universe has created audience...
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The Uncertain Future of News: The News we Ask For
News is the lifeblood of society and news is everywhere. Yes, readership of daily newspapers is down but our connected selves have so many channels for accessing the news that the decline in the...
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Beating a Dead Horse: Election Polling is Flawed
Just this week, we got another pseudo apologetic letter about why election polling is sometimes (perhaps even often) inaccurate. This time it was from Peter Loewen (an Assistant Professor of UofT). His...
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Second Term Presidents: Obama’s Legacy
American’s are finalizing their decision on who will become the next President but it is worth considering what this election means for Obama. Can he achieve a second term and what does it mean if he...
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Why Senate Reform is Not About Public Opinion Right Now and Not Very Likely
Senators have been having a tough time the last few weeks and the institution is looking a lot less like an institution of sober second thought and more like a frat house. But, even if Harper is now...
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An Historic Evolution of Public Opinion: A Look Back at Same-Sex Marriage in...
Public opinion change is not unheard of but when it comes to fundamental beliefs and values, we expect change to take place slowly, if at all. The evolution of Canadian beliefs about same-sex marriage...
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Questions I Hate on Surveys: A Continuing Series
I spend a lot of time on the Internet, as you probably do as well. It is there in the background when I am working, it is in my pocket when I am walking, it is playing music in the kitchen as I prepare...
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The Value(?) of Credentials: What do they really tell us?
Over the past quarter century, North American society has undergone a profound education creep. This is evident in the fact that more and more students are entering university, but also in my...
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The Fragile Nature of Consumer Confidence
Results up to April 2013 The impression one gets from a casual following of economic news is that Canada is doing well but not outstanding. There are concerns about Europe and the U.S. but these seem...
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Generational Replacement Can be Small Part of the Story of Value Change
Not too long ago, I wrote about the dramatic change in public opinion about same-sex marriage and our natural tendency is to think of these types of changes as being a reflection, to some degree, of...
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Replacing Demographic Analysis with Something Else
Sometimes I think a demographic analysis is the bane of my existence. Endless bivariate comparisons of various independent variables against the questions asked in the survey. Tedious, often of tenuous...
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2013 Jenkins Research Blog in Review: Clearly Need More Activity in 2014
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,600 times in 2013. If it...
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