Skip to main content

Better Guidance and Controls Are Needed To Improve Federal Surveys of Attitudes and Opinions

GGD-78-24 Published: Sep 15, 1978. Publicly Released: Oct 16, 1978.
Jump To:
Skip to Highlights

Highlights

Attitude surveys and public opinion polls are used to obtain data, by means of interviews or questionnaires, from scientifically selected members of a specified universe. As information collection activities, opinion polls and attitude surveys are subject to the forms clearance provisions of the Federal Reports Act. As statistical surveys, they are subject to the standards and guidelines promulgated by the Department of Commerce's Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards (OFSPS).

Full Report

Office of Public Affairs

Topics

Agency proceedingsContract oversightContractorsPrivatizationPublic opinion pollsResearch reportsStatistical dataSurveysBroadcasting standardsFederal agencies