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A survey is a study, generally in the form of an interview or a questionnaire, which provides information concerning how people think and act. In the United States, the best-known surveys are the Gallup poll and the Harris poll. As anyone who watches the news during presidential campaigns knows, these polls have become an important part of political life in the United States.
North Americans are familiar with the many "person on the street" interviews on local television news shows. While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only those people who appear at a certain location. Thus, such samples can be biased in favor of commuters, middle-class shoppers, or factory workers, depending on which area the news people select. Second, television interviews tend to attract outgoing people who are willing to appear on the air, while they frighten away others who may feel intimidated by a camera. A survey must be based on a precise, representative sampling if it is to genuinely reflect a broad range of the population.
In preparing to conduct a survey, sociologists must exercise great care in the wording of questions. An effective survey question must be simple and clear enough for people to understand it. It must also be specific enough so that there are no problems in interpreting the results. Even questions that are less structured must be carefully phrased in order to elicit the type of information desired. Surveys can be indispensable sources of information, but only if the sampling is done properly and the questions are worded accurately.
There are two main forms of surveys: the interview and the questionnaire. Each of these forms of survey research has its advantages. An interviewer can obtain a high response rate because people find it more difficult to turn down a personal request for an interview than to throw away a written questionnaire. In addition, an interviewer can go beyond written questions and probe for a subject's underlying feelings and reasons. However, questionnaires have the advantage of being cheaper and more consistent.
The word "they" in paragraph 2 refers to ___.
A. North Americans
B. interviews
C. news shows
D. opinions
Từ "they" trong đoạn 2 thay thế cho _____.
A. người Bắc Mỹ
B. những cuộc phỏng vấn
C. những chương trình mới
D. các quan điểm
Thông tin: While such interviews can be highly entertaining, they are not necessarily an accurate indication of public opinion. First, they reflect the opinions of only those people who appear at a certain location.
Tạm dịch: Trong khi những cuộc phỏng vấn trên đường phố như vậy khá là giải trí nhưng chúng không nhất thiết phản ánh quan điểm của quần chúng. Đầu tiên, chúng thể hiện những quan điểm của những người xuất hiện ở một địa điểm cụ thể nào đó.
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We ____ our classroom for the upcoming Teachers' Day, but there's still a lot to do.
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Did you read _____ news about the Sukkoi Superjet crash in Indonesia?
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The equator is an ______ line that divides the earth into two.
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The leaves of the white mulberry provide food for silkworms, ______ silk fabrics are woven
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Surrounded by forested mountain slopes are the town of Telluride, a former gold-mining town 7,500 feet above sea level.
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Animism is the belief that objects and natural phenomena such as rivers, rocks and are live and have feelings
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Two friends Diana and Anna are talking about one of their classmates.
- Diana: “Joana is so hard-working; she maintains good scores all the time.”
- Anna: “______”
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Martin paints pictures, but he doesn’t make his ______ that way. He works in a big store.
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She has experience ____ dealing with difficult situations.
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The first week of classes at university was a little ______because so many students get lost, change classes or go to the wrong place
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There are different hundreds of species of butterflies in Cuc Phuong National Park.
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At first ______, you would say they were twins, but in reality, they didn’t even know each other
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Readers are required to abide by the rules of the library and mind their manners.
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At first I found it difficult to get _______ on the other side of the road
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When ______ about their preferences for movies, many young people say that they are in favour of science fiction.