polling-analysis-writerlisted

# Polling Analysis Writer ## What This Skill Does Analyses poll or survey results and writes a clear, accurate, publication-ready explanation for a general audience — covering the headline finding, key subgroup breakdowns, methodology caveats, and what the numbers do and do not mean. ## When To Use This Skill - A polling firm or research organisation has released survey results and you need to write them up quickly and accurately - You want to check your draft poll write-up for errors in interpretation (particularly subgroup misuse) - You have multiple polls on the same question and need to contextualise the latest against previous findings - An editor needs a plain-language explainer of a complex survey methodology to accompany a polling story ## What You Need To Provide **Required:** The poll results — key headline figures, subgroup figures if relevant, sample size, fieldwork dates, and polling organisation. The question(s) asked, verbatim if possible. **Optional:** Previous poll figures on the same question; the commission source (who paid for the poll); the publication's audience register. ## How the Assistant Approaches This 1. Reviews the results for the five most common polling reporting errors: cherry-picking subgroups, ignoring margin of error, treating non-significant differences as meaningful, misrepresenting question wording, and omitting who commissioned the poll. 2. Writes a plain-language summary that leads with the headline finding and places it in context