ARE SURVEY RESULTS TRUE?
Support A1+!About 1000-1500 people participate in all kinds of surveys in Armenia and this average number of participants serves basis for observations. According to the “Armenian Sociological Association”, they conduct surveys with the participation of 1000-2000 respondents and, as a rule, their opinion polls reflect the reality. According to the Association, the number of respondents depends on the customer.
Armen Sargsyan, specialist of “MMPR” Company mentioned that their opinion polls included about 700 respondents in Yerevan, while in regions - about 1500 respondents.
“We cannot say definitely whether the respondents are objective or answer to our questions correctly. We do not have the right to demand anything from them since they give us information”, he said.
About 1500 people participate in the surveys conducted by the Armenian centre of strategic and national investigations. As Susan Barseghyan, head of the center said the index of respondents was not important, more important was the problem they were trying to reveal.
“Few people participate in case of small inquiries and more people - if the inquiry is more comprehensive”, she said to “A1+”.
“Prospective sociological technologies” company informed that about 7000 citizens have participated in their surveys. According to them about 1650 respondents participate in inclusive inquiries and about 100 respondents - in small inquiries.
“Global Developments” company makes program researches and conducts them in various institutions and organizations, depending on the topic of the survey.
All companies who participated in our inquiry mentioned that they took into consideration the objectives and, the most important, the finances of the consumer to be closer to the reality.
