Open AccessAmerican Attitudes towards Islam
Author(s) -
Inc. The John Zogby Group International
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
american journal of islam and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-3741
pISSN - 2690-3733
DOI - 10.35632/ajis.v10i3.2495
Subject(s) - sample (material) , islam , population , demography , statistics , mathematics , geography , sociology , physics , archaeology , thermodynamics
and MethodologyThe American Muslim Council poll was conducted from 16-23 Mamh1993 by the John Zogby Group International, Inc., of New Hartfod, NewYork. A total of 905 adults were contacted by telephone by trained canvassersfrom the Zogby Group offices. The random sample was stmtifiedto ensure a equitable distribution of Fespondents by region.The sample was selected by a ptocectUre of random digiting in orderto give listed and unlisted residential numbers an equal chance of selectionAll area codes in the contiguous forty-eight states were mpmented,and each state was represented in the total sample accotding to its proportionof the total population. Calls wee made from 4:OO pm to 9:OO pmin all time zones on weeknights, from 1O:OO am to 5:OO pm on Saturday,and from 5:OO pm to 9:OO pm on Sunday. Three callbacks were made toeach household where there was no initial contact.Sample characteristics are described below: ...