UP statistics professors: Do not accept survey results as they are

Statistics professors from the University of the Philippines called on the public to be critical of biases surveys with questionable methodologies ahead of elections day.

Andy Zapata Jr., file

MANILA, Philippines (Updated 1:48 p.m.) — Members of the faculty of the UP School of Statistics in Diliman reminded the public to be critical of surveys, especially those with questionable methodologies and those that "disregard ... the principles of data gathering."

In a statement on their Facebook page Monday, the professors also raised the alarm on institutions, social media influencers and media organizations who are "abusing survey methodologies" by using social media and man on the street interviews to project voting preferences for the country.

"Surveys reveal facts, beliefs, sentiments, and opinions based on a representation of the population. However, the quality of any inference cannot rise above the quality of the methodology it is based upon... Biased methodologies will only give biased results," the UP Stat faculty members said.

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