Gallup
George Gallup is considered the founder of modern polling. He developed innovative techniques for conducting public opinion surveys and founded the American Institute of Public Opinion, which later became the Gallup Organization. Gallup's work revolutionized the field of survey research and made polling a standard tool for measuring public opinion.
Professional public opinion polling organizations, such as the Gallop Poll, would have on staff positions called Public Opinion Polling Specialists. Another title might be Public Opinion Analysts. They would most likely be supervised by Public Opinion Polling Managers or Supervisors.
gathering public opinion
Modern scientific polling uses sampling to get accurate statistics on public opinion. The sample is of the public is taken to represent the opinion of the larger public. This has become a proven and accurate way of conducting polls from the public.
A polling company attempts to predict the outcome of a presidential election, but only contacts people who subscribe to major political journals.
polling
Throughout the entire campaign.
George E. Stevens has written: 'The student journalist and public opinion polling' -- subject(s): Public opinion polls
Public Policy Polling was created in 2001.
When you get a call and you see PPP on the caller ID it means Public Policy Polling. The calls are coming from a polling company wanting you to complete a survey.
George Gallup is often considered the father of modern polling. He is credited with developing scientific polling methods that are still widely used today, such as random sampling and question wording. Gallup's work in the 1930s helped popularize the use of polls to measure public opinion.
"Rasmussen reports was originally founded by Scott Rasmussen who is the head of the company now. Their polls however are looked over by a sister company, Pulse Opinion Research, also founded by Scott Rasmussen."