Day 257 - 06 Jun 96 - Page 22

     
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     2   Q.   On the second sheet on AF5.  Our school respondents, 003
     3        classification?
     4        A.  It is not what I have.
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     6   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is not my second page.
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     8   MS. STEEL:   It is my page behind the Omnimas classification.
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    10   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Yes, right.
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    12   MS. STEEL:   Sorry, that should have been at the back.
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    14   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  Right at the back, Mr Fairgrieve.
    15        A.  Yes, I have it now.
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    17   MS. STEEL:   Sorry about that.  As I say, it says 'person
    18        interviewed is...' and it has as the third one down 'new
    19        occupier whole household moved' and then respondent number,
    20        original name and then the next one in the next column is
         'replacement'.  This survey, does that indicate that the
    22        surveyors are going back to the same people who originally
    23        filled out the survey to see how things have changed?
    24        A.  Can you just clarify which page you are on?  Sorry,
    25        I do not appear to see that.  I have the Omnimas
    26        classification document.
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    28   Q.   The page behind that.
    29        A.  OK.
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    31   MR. MORRIS:  'Our school respondents 003 classification'?
    32        A.  OK, I do have that now.  Can you ask the question
    33        again?  Sorry.
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    35   Q.   Under 'person interviewed', this is question one, the third
    36        one says 'new occupier whole household moved' then it has
    37        'respondent number', then it has 'original name', then the
    38        next column it has 'replacement, named elector only
    39        moved'.  It appears to indicate that Taylor Nelson are
    40        going back to the same people on a regular basis to see how
         things change over a period of time; is that correct?
    42        A.  No, not to my knowledge.  The research would be of no
    43        use to us if he went back to the same people.
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    45   Q.   You are interested in trends about how things change over
    46        the years?
    47        A.  No, we are interested in representative samples of the
    48        population, and to go back to the same 2,000 people would
    49        not give us a representative sum, it is not big enough.
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    51   Q.   So you cannot explain what that part is about then? 
    52        A.  No, it is a technical thing to do with people taking 
    53        part in the research but it has no bearing at all upon
    54        going back to the same people.
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    56   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It looks as if you have someone at a certain
    57        address from the electoral roll and when the person has
    58        been questioned it has turned out not to be the person on
    59        the electoral role but someone else who is there because
    60        the person on the electoral role has moved?