by piecenter | Jan 24, 2014 | Easy as PIE, Recorded
January 2014 High-powered lobbyists aren’t the only people with influence over the outcome of legislation. Each member of the voting public has the ability to affect policy change about important issues. Public opinion has affected policies for better and worse,...
by piecenter | Jan 22, 2014 | Public opinion surveys, Trends & Topics
The PIE Center conducts four public opinion surveys each year that focus on critical issues in Florida: water quantity and quality, immigration reform, endangered and invasive species and food production practices. The surveys are designed to represent the attitudes,...
by piecenter | Jan 22, 2014 | News
By offering $20,000 to UF faculty, the PIE Center is reinvesting in its mission to understand public opinion and its influence on important agricultural and natural resources issues. The PIE Center Program Enhancement Grant will provide UF researchers or...
by piecenter | Jan 13, 2014 | Blog
Survey research is based on the idea that the only way to find out about real people is to talk to real people. Surveys collect data about how folks live and what they think across a wide range of issues, including election polling, market research, evaluation of...
by piecenter | Jan 6, 2014 | Trends & Topics
By Quisto Settle Public opinion gets a lot of attention. You’ll see it in the news, you’ll hear it from politicians, and you’ll have it shared from your friendly, neighborhood PIE Center. But why should we care about public opinion? Because it drives decisions. In...