06-11-2006, 03:49 AM
THE INDIAN EXPRESS - CNN-IBN POLL CONDUCTED BY AC NIELSEN Majority favour reservation but most of them want income as criterion, not purely caste <!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The popular verdict in this poll is 57 per cent to 37 per cent in favour of the governmentâs decision to extend quotas to higher education for the OBCs (the remaining 6 per cent did not have an opinion).
Given the over-sampling of urban educated and well-off respondents in this survey, it can be guessed that if all sections of the population were to be fairly polled, the verdict will be 70 per cent to 30 per cent for the quota
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The ruling UPA appears to have an upper hand in the calculus of votes: <b>it is more likely than the NDA to retain its old voters and to snatch voters from its opponents. But these are very small gains and the sample of this survey is too small to arrive at any definite conclusions in this regard. </b>
The poll was conducted between June 3 and 6 among 776 adult persons in and around five major metropolitan centres (Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Nagpur).
<b>Half of the sample was selected from rural locations at least 30 km away from city centres. Quota sampling was used to ensure that the social profile of the sample reflected the countryâs social profile: 25 per cent SC/ST, 40 per cent OBC, besides 11 per cent Muslims. A survey of this size and kind is subject to a 5 per cent standard error and</b>, therefore, can only be broadly indicative of the larger population.
Therefore, the poll can be seen as the first broad indicator of the national mood after the governmentâs decision to implement the OBC quota in higher education
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Look at this fraud.
Sampling size is 776 adults and India's population is 1.1 billion.
They had presumed what Mandal's 1931 population ratio is correct.
55% is reserved or will get reservation.
Politically NDA will gain some votes, bad news for UPA because they had gained some seats on very small margin.
Anyway NIELSEN's are always wrong.
Given the over-sampling of urban educated and well-off respondents in this survey, it can be guessed that if all sections of the population were to be fairly polled, the verdict will be 70 per cent to 30 per cent for the quota
............
The ruling UPA appears to have an upper hand in the calculus of votes: <b>it is more likely than the NDA to retain its old voters and to snatch voters from its opponents. But these are very small gains and the sample of this survey is too small to arrive at any definite conclusions in this regard. </b>
The poll was conducted between June 3 and 6 among 776 adult persons in and around five major metropolitan centres (Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai, Nagpur).
<b>Half of the sample was selected from rural locations at least 30 km away from city centres. Quota sampling was used to ensure that the social profile of the sample reflected the countryâs social profile: 25 per cent SC/ST, 40 per cent OBC, besides 11 per cent Muslims. A survey of this size and kind is subject to a 5 per cent standard error and</b>, therefore, can only be broadly indicative of the larger population.
Therefore, the poll can be seen as the first broad indicator of the national mood after the governmentâs decision to implement the OBC quota in higher education
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Look at this fraud.
Sampling size is 776 adults and India's population is 1.1 billion.
They had presumed what Mandal's 1931 population ratio is correct.
55% is reserved or will get reservation.
Politically NDA will gain some votes, bad news for UPA because they had gained some seats on very small margin.
Anyway NIELSEN's are always wrong.