How can polling be misused?

Polling can be misused when pollster willingly bias their polls in order to obtain a particular result that was previously desired.

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For example, suppose a pollster wants X candidate to come on top of the poll, and knows that population Y is more likely to vote for than candidate. If the pollster then polls a higher proportion of population Y than it should according to the data of the statistical universe as a whole, then the pollster would be biasing the poll in favor of candidate X. This would be a misuse of polling.

atman means 'eternal self'. the atman refers to the real self beyond ego or false self. it is often referred to as 'spirit' or 'soul' and indicates our true self or essence which underlies our existence.

there are many interesting perspectives on the self in hinduism ranging from the self as eternal servant of god to the self as being identified with god. the understanding of the self as eternal supports the idea of reincarnation in that the same eternal being can inhabit temporary bodies.

the idea of atman entails the idea of the self as a spiritual rather than material being and thus there is a strong dimension of hinduism which emphasises detachment from the material world and promotes practices such as asceticism. thus it could be said that in this world, a spiritual being, the atman, has a human experience rather than a human being having a spiritual experience.

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