Yale will conduct a pilot of Poll Everywhere - an audience response polling software that can be used to conduct in class (or out of class) polls and surveys.
It's landline only, because it's an interactive voice response poll where a recorded question is asked and respondents push buttons to record their answers.
The results are from an Interactive Voice Response poll by the NEA, the nation's largest teachers union, conducted in battleground states on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4.
Unfortunately, the overwhelmingly positive instant-response polls do not tell us much.
In response, the polls registered a spike in support for capital punishment, and the justices backed down.
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani said tonight that he would not alter his campaign style in response to polls suggesting that his candidacy was in difficulty.
In recent days the White House, partly in response to polls showing the significant public outrage over high fees charged by credit card companies, has begun to work for its passage.
Wendy Jarrett, chief executive of Understanding Animal Research, said the agreement was a response to polls that suggested the public supported animal research but wanted more information on how animals were used.
Policies and decisions result more from response to polls than from deep conviction.
