My intentions in regards to this third assignment were to locate a public opinion poll, analyze its data and examine the methodology used to gather the data. To obtain the poll used in my study I searched through the Ipsos-reid web site and randomly selected one of the many opinion polls that they have conducted. The poll that I ended up selecting focused on whether or not Canadians thought that the current gun registry should be scrapped and how the results affected their support of the liberal party.

The poll I am analyzing was released to the public on December 13th, 2002. Ipsos-Reid conducted the research in collaboration with CTV and the Globe and Mail between December 10th and December 12th.

The results of the poll in reference to whether the gun registry should be scrapped were printed in the public release as follows; “ A majority of Canadians(53%) said that major cost over-runs show that the national gun registry is badly organized, isn’t working properly and shou

ld therefore be scrapped. Four in ten(43%) take the position that even though the registry has had management problems and has gone over budget, it has saved lives and should be continued.” Based on the results of the survey a small majority is in favor of abolishing the liberal party’s gun registry policy. In addition approximately 4% is either undecided or has no opinion on the issue.

In addition I placed a telephone call to Ipsos-Reid to confirm that the information provided to me by my class mate in regards to their format for selecting the individuals who take part in a poll was correct in this instance. The person I spoke with did confirm that the process of asking to speak with the individual with the closest birthday was their usual method of selection. The representative also added that the phone numbers were randomly chosen by way of computer and that the individual had to be over the age of eighteen. Unfortunately the representative could not confirm that this method was used in the aforementioned poll. When I questio

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