Opinion poll

Opinion poll is a study of what people think or believe about a topic or question. Such surveys are usually done by questionnaire, interview, or observation or through interactive newspapers.

Reading or hearing about the results of a public opinion poll has become a common everyday experience for many. Everyone from political candidates to yo-yo manufacturers seems to be trying to find out what general people are thinking on certain issues or products.

Polling on newspapers is quite an easy technology. For an instance, prepare two questionnaires that will poll the readers about their opinion on the "Legitimacy of hartal".

Compile the results of the two polls and graph the results. That will show us a brief about readers' thinking. The objective of this poll is to determine whether mass people support hartal or strike other than some unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell their country in order to gain power, and also the poll or survey will help us to assess citizens' expectations.

Public opinion poll is useful in tracing people's views on important social issues. Poll is used to assess people's preferences in political races, and the results are used to predict election results. Surveys are often employed in marketing and advertising research to measure and predict consumers' reaction to products.

The Daily Star should consider the idea of holding opinion poll on different issues. The readers mostly staying abroad have say on various political issues on Bangladesh. By taking part in a poll carried out by the newspaper, we can get a feedback on certain contemporary matters.