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Ask a Silly Question

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Sun, Apr 29 7:00 PM
Innis Town Hall

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45 minutes | Canada | Rating: G

Ask a Silly Question is an oddball exposé of falsehoods in the polling and market research industry. John Kastner delves into the often startling world of statistical mumbo jumbo to find out how the reports of what we think and feel are devised. Taking to the streets of New York he conducts bogus street polls to see how frequently people are willing to give opinions on subject matters they know nothing about. He also delves behind the scenes, looking at the companies that devise and distort polls and a man who uses that skewed information for political and financial gain. Charlotte Cook

Screening with Hunting Bobby Oatway.