Originally Posted by
NWIFlyer
......let’s make the reasonable assumption that it was something like “Do you support the continued mandatory wearing of masks in shops and on public transport?”.
The options would then be presented as:
“No” - 30% voted for this option
“Permanently” - 40% voted for this option
Perhaps better than making assumptions is to check the question that was asked:
To what extent, if at all, would you support or oppose each of the following rules being in place for a period of up to one month after July 19th?
....and the response options :
Strongly support
Tend to support
Neither support nor oppose
Tend to oppose
Strongly oppose
Don’t know
Originally Posted by
NWIFlyer
The options would then be presented as:
“No” - 30% voted for this option
“Permanently” - 40% voted for this option
Now clearly anyone answering yes to permanently is also going to do the same for “until Covid is eliminated” and “another month”. Ergo, if you feel that those people aren’t living in the real world and their opinions may not entirely make sense to any sane person, you back them out to normalise the result.
That leaves 30% from the original respondents who support the continued use for a month. That is not a majority.
The survey is an attempt to assess public opinion in regard to the relaxation of current restrictions. It does what it says on the tin. No hidden agenda. No need for disjointed analysis and heroic distortions to match an alternative world view.
A simpler one-line interpretation on the mask wearing question would be:
A significant majority of the respondents support the extension of the mask-wearing mandate beyond 19 July
(the table below relates to the question cited above concerning a one-month extension of the mask mandate)
Originally Posted by
NWIFlyer
If I got results seen here - do we really believe that many people support a curfew? - if I were the polling company I think I’d be checking the demographic makeup of my sample.
The researchers addressed the demographic makeup: data were weighted to match the population profile.
https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/...ables-2021.pdf
https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/...%20polling.pdf