1997 FIU Cuba Poll: Notes on reading tables
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For each question in the poll the following information is given. First, the text of the question. Second, frequency tables. There are two important
percentage columns in the frequency tables. The column titled "Percent"
is the percentage out of all respondents for that answer. In this column
people who refused to answer or said they did not know the answer are
included in the total for which this percentage is calculated. The column
"Valid Percent" is a percentage based on the respondents who had an
opinion about the question; that total excludes the people who had no
opinion or did not answer the question.
Following the frequency tables is the third part for each question,
the crosstabs tables. These are done with two opinion questions
and a number of demographics.
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Revised July 17, 1997 by Hugh Gladwin