THE CHALLENGES OF POLLING LATINOS - According to a report from Pew Research, Latinos make up nearly 18 percent of the country’s population, meaning they are a critical group for pollsters despite the challenges in polling the population. Anna Brown: “Surveying Hispanics is complicated for many reasons – language barriers, sampling issues and cultural differences – that are the subject of a growing field of inquiry.… studies have shown that Hispanics are more likely to refuse to participate in surveys, or having agreed to take a survey, more likely to refuse to answer individual questions under some circumstances.… One other key factor to consider when...
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