by jenkinsresearch | May 27, 2016 | Public Opinion, Public Policy
Assisted dying is a well polled issue in 2016; 6 polls have been released in 2016 in addition to the report from the External Panel on Options for a Legislative Response to Carter v. Canada, which included public consultation results. In fact, since 2011 there have...
by jenkinsresearch | May 6, 2016 | Public Opinion
In April of 2016, Jenkins Research found 68 public opinion polls in the media or through a search of the Internet. The 68 polls were conducted on 47 fielded surveys. For more information, see the methodology information here. Other key findings: Only 19% of survey...
by jenkinsresearch | May 5, 2016 | Public Opinion
One of the compelling and topical issues from a public opinion perspective at present is the question of assisted dying. There have been a significant number of polls in Canada over the past couple years reflecting the need for new legislation since the Supreme Court...
by jenkinsresearch | Jan 28, 2016 | Public Opinion, Survey methodology
Bias has considerable negative consequences and the easiest critique of a public opinion survey is to suggest that the questions are biased. But bias is inherent in asking questions and relying on truly unbiased questions risks stripping the questions of meaning,...
by jenkinsresearch | Jan 15, 2016 | Consumer and brand behaviour, Public Opinion
Companies are no doubt very interested in knowing the degree to which their corporate social responsibility activities drives their business success. The case for supporting causes is particularly interesting because the activity takes place outside of its core...
by Richard Jenkins | May 29, 2013 | Public Opinion, Public Policy
Not too long ago, I wrote about the dramatic change in public opinion about same-sex marriage and our natural tendency is to think of these types of changes as being a reflection, to some degree, of generational replacement. Younger people have different attitudes...
