Opinion

someone somewhere seems to have an opinion with the need to voice it. Opinions are a tricky topic, although they may be intangible, people value them more than life itself. People automatically have an opinion whether it is “Whatever.”, or “My thoughts run along the lines of...” and so on and so forth. They can be told in many types of ways, they can be said as they want to help you with constructive criticism, or they can be unnecessary and no help whatsoever. Opinions are a needed thing and something cherished very much, but sometimes they can be cruel. People will lie about their thoughts towards you just for their entertainment, nevermind your sanity, they’re just looking for an amusing situation on their end. Humanity has been going slowly downhill with their self confidence and their overall kindness to others, all because of opinions. There’s a saying that states, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” that quote has a lot of meaning that people choose to ignore. I’ve heard people spew out discouraging words to others as “opinions”, when in reality they were nothing less than a bully. People want to know the truth and other peoples input, but to a certain extent. Everyone needs to learn a few things along the line of decency. If you know that what you are about to…

Public Opinion Surveys Public opinion surveys, or polls, are exactly what they sound like; a survey that asks the public their opinion on a topic. Polls are a form of inductive generalization because they gather information from a number of people and generalize their findings to cover the rest of the population. With that said, polls are used specifically for this purpose, which we can see in the media every day. One of the largest problems with the polls we see every day is that the details…

Representation of Public Opinion: Probability and Nonprobability Survey Literary Digest had correctly predicted the presidential election of four candidates using a straw poll. In the 1936 election Literary Digest predicted Republican Alfred Landon would beat incumbent Roosevelt by a landslide. The poll used data from its own users, a list of registered automobile owners, and telephone users. The Digest population was two things; wealthy in the middle of the Great Depression and Republican. The…

In order for public opinion to be accurately assessed, a proper definition of the term must first be achieved. While polling and surveys might attempt to conclude what the public’s viewpoints are on a topic, they fail to actually define what public opinion is. Political analysts Blumer, Lippman, Converse, and Herbst each formulate their own viewpoints on public opinion and the role of polling for assessing opinion. Each author views public opinion in a different role and believes that polling…

representation not only falls on the behavior of the voters, but also the politicians themselves. In Erikson and Tedin’s American Public Opinion: Its Origins, Content and Impact, chapter 10 explores the four models the policy-makers’ behavior including, the sharing model, where representation is made possible due to the fact that politicians are drawn from the same culture as their constituents. Secondly, the parties model highlights the ideological divergence between Republican and Democrat…

Opinion polls and opinion surveys include all systematic gathering, aggregating and interpretation of information about policy, electoral and other preferences and behaviours of individuals or organizations using the statistical and analytical methods and techniques of the applied social sciences in order to gain insight and support decision-making. In opinion research, as in all market research, the identity of respondents will not be revealed without explicit consent and no sales approach, or…

The mid 1900’s consisted of ideas revolving around discrimination and women in the house. The Help depicts many of these by showing its antagonist’s, Hilly Holbrook, opinions. Her most dominant opinions are that women should be in charge of the house while the men work, everyone must see eye to eye with her, and she is against African Americans. With the expression of all her opinions throughout the story, Hilly gets led down numerous destructive paths while bringing the other characters with…

To me, they mean that I determine what I’m worth and I have the power to make my own decisions as well as the strength to not listen to the people that don’t believe in me. They are a reminder to look at myself and what I value and remember what I stand for. At the same time, these words speak to my insecurities of relying too heavily on other people’s opinions and letting the fear of other people’s opinions dictate my own actions. Every time I think back to Peggy Carter’s words, I try and use…

When a person develops a belief or even an opinion about something specific, they normally keep that opinion the length of their life. They stand up for it, debate others about it, and hold it as a higher opinion than other people's points of view. Oftentimes, opinions are based off what we grew up around, such as what our parents liked or disliked. For example, if your parents were religious, taught you about it, and took you to church, you most likely will end up living the same lifestyles as…

teacher on the existence of Pluto. This student and teacher clashed due to the beliefs that the student was raised with, and interacted with, where now all of a sudden wrong. The authors also noted that there may be some intellectual conflict within small group work, saying that it only helps to reinforce current beliefs and does not allow for critical thinking to happen. Secondly, the authors pressed on, saying there is a major difference between an opinion and informed knowledge. They said…