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Revision as of 16:45, 26 April 2009
Public opinion refers to a population's collective attitudes and beliefs.
Measuring public opinion
Scientific polls and surveys
Since the 1930s, the predominant means for discerning what the public thinks has beenpublic opinion polls or surveys administered to a statistically representative sample of the population of interest.