Addressing common concerns raised about Twaweza’s opinion poll survey

Much of the discussion in traditional media, on social media and elsewhere regarding our recently published opinion poll findings on Tanzanian politics has focussed on perceived errors in the brief. We want to correct three of the most common misunderstandings.
1. “Totals do not add up to 100%.”
It has been pointed out that several charts and tables in the brief include data that does not seem to add up to 100%. In some cases, the figures add up to 99%, 101% or 102%.

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Sep

Ukawa insists Twaweza survey result is suspect

The opposition coalition, Ukawa, yesterday faulted the opinion poll by Twaweza, which gave CCM presidential candidate John Magufuli a comfortable lead over Mr Edward Lowassa of Chadema.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Sep

CCM defends Twaweza election survey, says ready for debate

Ruling party CCM has defended Twaweza’s opinion poll results released on Tuesday against the backlash from academicians and activists, saying it was shocked to see a group of academicians discouraging the culture of conducting research.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

22 Sep

Magufuli leads in the opinion poll

Two out of three respondents (65%) said that they would vote for John Magufuli, the CCM presidential candidate.

 

9 years ago

IPPmedia

23 Sep

Analysts, academics trash opinion poll

IPPmedia
Analysts, academics trash opinion poll
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Dar es Salaam residents closely follow yesterday's announcement of findings of recent research conducted by Twaweza on public views on the countdown to the October 25 General Election. A cross-section of political analysts and academics said yesterday ...
Free movement of people, goods on Magufuli planDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
CCM Most Popular, Survey ShowsAllAfrica.com
Tanzania's presidential race is not as...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Sep

Ukawa: Twaweza poll results not credible

Speaking at a press conference in Dar es Salaam today NCCR Mageuzi national chairman Mr James Mbatia and Ukawa co-chairman, raised doubts about the credibility of the methodology used by Twaweza  in the recently published opinion poll.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Sep

ACT-Wazalendo content with Twaweza poll

The ACT Wazalendo have announced yesterday that they are content with Twaweza statistics released earlier this week as they reflect the major hurdles citizens face.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Nov

Twaweza poll shows CCM is favoured by unfair system

On Wednesday last week Twaweza released a survey on citizens’ preferences and views on political leadership that showed that about half of the respondents support CCM.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Sep

Strong reaction as Twaweza poll shows Lowassa trailing

An opinion poll showing CCM candidate John Magufuli leading his Chadema rival Edward Lowassa by 40 per cent has drawn strong reaction from politicians and academicians.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Dec

Bravo for addressing medical sector snags

Beyond delivering joy to human beings, good health is a very crucial resource for personal and community benefit. Physically and emotionally fit people are resourceful engineers of their livelihoods, and part of the nation-building force.

 

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