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Automakers' Average Fuel Consumption Rating Increased by 0.3 L/100km; Affected Vehicle Owners to be Compensated TORONTO, Nov. 2, 2012 /CNW/ - Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. and Kia Canada Inc. today announced that they are correcting the fuel consumption ratings for approximately 172,000 vehicles sold between 2010 and 2012. Procedural errors at the automakers' joint testing operations in Korea led to incorrect fuel consumption ratings for select vehicle lines. As a result of the...

SEATTLE, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, QuestionPro, a leading provider in web-based survey solutions, announced its acquisition of PollBob, the integrated website and iPhone application designed to provide real-time, on-the-go community polling data. The acquisition will add to QuestionPro's portfolio of research-oriented properties, including polling, mobile research, and online/offline surveys. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120821/SF60631LOGO) PollBob was...

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A shocking, brand new, highly scientific, national public opinion poll commissioned by the website www.FramingPaterno.com has found a dramatic lack of knowledge with regard to the basic facts of the role of Joe Paterno and Penn State in the Jerry Sandusky scandal and raises significant questions about the nature of the media coverage of the case. The scientific poll of over 1,000 adults was conducted by highly respected Wilson Perkins Allen...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2012 The U.S. Census Bureau released research today from its 2010 Census Race and Hispanic Origin Alternative Questionnaire Experiment, which provides a comparison of different census questionnaire design strategies for collecting census data on race and Hispanic origin. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) The Census Bureau follows federal standards for collecting and presenting data on race and Hispanic origin established by the U.S....

MADin15.org, recently launched by Adam Radly, now gives a voice to volunteers to help shape public opinion by participating in polls and surveys and by signing petitions. Santa Monica (PRWEB) August 02, 2012 MADin15 means Make a Difference in 15 minutes and was launched to enable anyone to Make A Difference in the world, primarily by connecting non-profits with volunteer resources. Public opinion polls and surveys have proven to be a powerful tool in shaping public policy and general...

Neighbors' lawn signs, public opinion polls and even a conversation in the next restaurant booth can affect how people vote in an election. But it all depends on how far away the election is. In a new research article published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, scientists Alison Ledgerwood and Shannon Callahan of the University of California, Davis conducted two different studies examining the relationship between abstract thinking and group...

Online survey company tellwut.com asks voters to choose the novels, films, music and images that best sum up the nation on it's birthday. Toronto, ON (PRWEB) July 10, 2012 To celebrate the July 4th holiday, online survey site tellwut.com asked 300-400 of their voter members to identify the most iconic Americana in a number of different categories What is American music? Rock 'N' Roll was the most popular answer with 42% of the votes. Country music was the closest runner up...

Majority of Egyptians Faults Brotherhood Fielding its Own Candidate As Egypt prepares this week to elect its first president since the 2011 revolution, a new University of Maryland poll finds the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate tied for fourth place. Researchers describe the race as fluid. The poll confirms the strategic damage inflicted by the Brotherhood's decision to field its own candidate, after saying it would not. Nearly three-quarters of those surveyed (71 percent) called the...

When journalists and politicians want to find out the feelings and opinions of Swedes, they often look at survey results published by the SOM Institute. A new doctoral thesis in Theory of Science shows that the social scientific research methods that for example the SOM surveys are based on play an important role for political decisions and the public's perception of society. Christopher Kullenberg's recently published doctoral thesis sheds light on the research behind the quantitative...

President beginning to reconnect with and recapture support of America's 18- to 29-year-olds as plurality of Millennials now predict Obama re-election NEW YORK, April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new national poll of America's 18- to 29-year-olds by Harvard's Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, finds President Barack Obama has widened the gap between likely general election opponent Mitt Romney and himself. Obama now leads...