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Born Free

(1,612 posts)
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 03:48 PM Aug 2019

Stanford University/ Yale University Pennsylvania Opinion Survey

My wife and I normally do not participate in polls, but received a letter via USPS from Professor David Broockman, Stanford University ( Stanford, Ca) to take an online Pennsylvania Opinion Survey that he and Joshua Kalla of Yale University are currently conducting. It gave us passwords to log in at paopinion.org or http://opinion.stanford.edu by Sept 1 to participate. It goes on to state that if we are contacted for any followup surveys they will pay us $5.00.

I am not excited to participate in any surveys, especially not knowing who is actually paying to do the survey.

Is anyone familiar with this so called study of registered Pennsylvania voters?

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Stanford University/ Yale University Pennsylvania Opinion Survey (Original Post) Born Free Aug 2019 OP
I am very skeptical. Even if you and wife are Stanford alumni and receive correspondence from emmaverybo Aug 2019 #1
thanks emmaverybo Born Free Aug 2019 #2
Is this one of the guys who conduct the very reputable Presidential Ranking survey? Karadeniz Aug 2019 #3
Thanks to all, I found some information on Brookman & Kalla Born Free Aug 2019 #4

emmaverybo

(8,144 posts)
1. I am very skeptical. Even if you and wife are Stanford alumni and receive correspondence from
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 04:03 PM
Aug 2019

Stanford (usually requests for donations), also a medical newsletter out of Harvard, or the Stanford
magazine, this request seems way out of line with the university’s usual efforts to engage its community.

I question the source, but stand to be corrected.

Karadeniz

(22,267 posts)
3. Is this one of the guys who conduct the very reputable Presidential Ranking survey?
Fri Aug 23, 2019, 10:37 PM
Aug 2019

Two guys do that one, one on each coast. Look up who does the survey i mentioned.

Born Free

(1,612 posts)
4. Thanks to all, I found some information on Brookman & Kalla
Sat Aug 24, 2019, 05:52 AM
Aug 2019

It's possible they are seeking people to test their theories on persuasion, if you fit into their test group you will get paid $5.00 for future surveys. Although I am a persuadable democratic voter, and may consider an online survey, I am not interested in participating in any surveys requiring personal contact and/or phone calls etc.



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