出版社：Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
摘要：Research, opinion polls, enquetes and surveys
This paper analyzes the experiences of the election polls and surveys
developed in Brazil. Initially, conceptual definitions are elaborated, aiming
at making the difference among consultings made by the media, the election
polls produced by the public opinion institutes, and the academic studies in
this area. After that, the academic intellectual production is analyzed,
starting at the first works published in the 40s to today's works. Finally, the
experience of the public opinion institutes is evaluated considering their
credibility problems, the influence upon the polls during an election process
and the chance of errors in an election poll.
