DeSTRESS Film 14: Voting and Sampling
Voting and Sampling (14'23")
This film examines methodologies used in sampling and polling. Most of the footage was taken at a County Council election in Basingstoke. The film also looks at the pollination of glacial lilies affected by climate change as an example of sampling.
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Interviewees:
- Pauline Courtenay: Labour party activist
- James Thompson: Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
- Sir Robert Worcester, KBE, DL: Founder of MORI Polling and Research; Chancellor, University of Kent
The DeSTRESS films are presented by Ken Heather of the University of Portsmouth and produced by StreamLearn LLC. Published online in 2011
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