Traditional methodologies for gauging public opinion are unavailable to researchers who wish to study the attitudes and behavior of the people of Cuba. First of all, there is limited access to Cuba. Any polling organization would have to have government approval and would be closely monitored. A second problem is that, for all practical purposes, […]
Measuring Cuban Public Opinion: Introduction
In April 1998, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) approved a proposal submitted by the University of Florida to conduct a Cuban public opinion survey. The Project Team was led by Dr. Churchill Roberts, College of Journalism and Communications. Dr. Richard Scheaffer, from the Department of Statistics, provided advice on statistical methodology and supervised […]