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- DictionaryO·pin·ion poll/əˈpinyən ˌpōl/
noun
- 1. an assessment of public opinion obtained by questioning a representative sample.
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An opinion poll, often simply referred to as a survey or a poll (although strictly a poll is an actual election), is a human research survey of public opinion from a particular sample. Opinion polls are usually designed to represent the opinions of a population by conducting a series of questions and then extrapolating generalities in ratio or within confidence intervals. A person who conducts pol... Wikipedia