Reference no: EM133521129

Question: Use these three topics for which Gallup has recently conducted a public opinion poll. Then, within each of the three topics you've chosen, read one of the listed reports for each topic and answer the writing assignment.

Topics and report poll:

Employment
Harter and Adkins (2015): "Engaged Employees Less Likely to Have Health Problems"
Newport (2017a) "Email Outside of Working Hours Not a Burden to US Workers"
Newport and Dugan (2017): "Americans Still See Manufacturing as Key to Job Creation."
Newport (2018a): "Average American Predicts Retirement Age of 66"
Swift (2017a): "Most U.S. Employed Adults Plan to Work Past Retirement Age"
Finance
Newport (2017b): "Young, Old in US Plan on Relying More on Social Security"
Jones (2017a): "Worry About Hunger, Homelessness Up for Lower-Income in US"
Norman (2017): "Financially Stressed in US Now Prefer Saving to Spending"
Jones (2017b): "Half of Non-Homeowners Expect to Buy Homes in Five Years"
Newport (2018b): "Americans' Views of Their Spending and Saving"
Well-Being
Rigoni and Nelson (2016): "Millennials Want Jobs That Promote Their Well-Being"
Witters (2017a): "Hawaii Leads US States in Well-Being for Record Sixth Time"
Witters (2017b): "Naples, Florida, Remains Top US Metro for Well-Being"
Writing assignment

At least 300 words (in total) in which you provide the following information for each of the three reports you chose to read (three topics x one report per topic). It will be easiest if you write a separate paragraph for each of the three reports.

• What was the topic of the public opinion poll?
• Why did you choose this topic (and read this report)?
• What three findings from this public opinion poll do you think are the most interesting - and why do you think those three findings are interesting?
• What was the total sample size?
• What was the poll's margin of error?
• Was the margin of error calculated at the 95% confidence level?
• What does it mean that the margin of error was calculated at the 95% confidence level?