Age Poll Working Papers - Part 2 of 2

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Accession[2013.0008] Papers of Irving David SaulwickIdentifierUMA-ITE-2013000800047Scope and ContentSAUL00047 Imposed title. Manila folder containing loose working notes, reference material, and correspondence; relating to administration of the Age Poll (including pricing and frequency of surveys), and to opinion polling more generally. 'Social Science Standing Committee (Post Secondary)' is typed on the reverse of the leading edge, however this title appears unrelated to actual contents. Due to the large volume of material, documents have been housed across two inventory items, SAUL00046 and SAUL00047. The manila folder is retained in SAUL00046.
Most documents in part 2 of file date from July-December 1989, with a copy of one journal article published 1986 (faxed to Saulwick in 1989), and some undated papers also present.
Part 2 includes: suggested Age Poll topics compiled by Irving Saulwick; notes and drafts for poll questions; blank poll questionnaire forms, some with handwritten notes attached; poll data; enquiries regarding: polling methodology, purchase or use of poll data, and permission to reprint Age Poll tables; price list for poll questions (Newspoll rates); 1988 electoral statistics published by the State Electoral Office, Victoria; TransTasman Poll arrangements and draft questions (Australia-New Zealand survey).
Also includes correspondence to and from Irving Saulwick and: editorial staff of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald newspapers (Creighton Burns, Mike Smith, Denis Muller, Ian Hicks); academics; research students; politicians; and others - for example: Clive Patrickson, State Director, The Royal Lifesaving Society Australia (swimming ability of Australians); Harold Scruby, Executive Director, Ausflag (attitudes to changing the design of the Australian flag). Also copies of some correspondence between newspaper staff.
Also includes various newspaper clippings, and the following items: 'Phone polls need cut in bias', The Bulletin, 12 December 1989 [unattributed author]; Stephen E. Fienberg and Judith M. Tanur 'Combining Cognitive and Statistical Approaches to Survey Design' Science, 24 February 1989; Elizabeth C. Hirschman 'Humanistic Enquiry in Marketing Research: Philosophy, Method and Criteria' Journal of Marketing Research, August 1986.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2013.0008 Unit 0007

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CreatorSaulwick, Irving D.RoleProvenance

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Date26 July 1989-12 December 1989

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Previous System ID2013.0008.00047

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Age Poll Working Papers - Part 2 of 2