Las encuestas electorales no son una bola de cristal

ABSTRACT: The opinion polls "do not predict" anything. They portray the state of situation of the moment at which the interviews became. Between that moment and the day of the elections or the moment of the next survey the opinions can vary by virtue of diverse circumstances. The opinion s...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Ruiz Restrepo, Jaime
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2010
Country:Colombia
Institution:Universidad de Antioquia
Repository:Repositorio UdeA
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/2676
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10495/2676
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Sondeos de opinión
Encuestas electorales
Encuestas de opinión
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Summary:ABSTRACT: The opinion polls "do not predict" anything. They portray the state of situation of the moment at which the interviews became. Between that moment and the day of the elections or the moment of the next survey the opinions can vary by virtue of diverse circumstances. The opinion surveys look for to interpret a present reality of which it is possible to be inferred what could happen next in the future. The function of the survey is to portray a little while certain reality of and indicating tendencies." the use of the survey on the part of mass media has taken it to be located like a "crystal ball" when its function is a description element, not of prediction.