Title: Predictions of Public Opinion on the Spread of AIDS: Introduction of New Computer Methodologies.
Authors: Fan, David P.; McAvoy, Gregory
Abstract: Frequently, dynamic analyses of public opinion cannot be performed because of incomplete polling. This problem is clearly evident for Acquired immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS); Thus to Overcome this limitation, the present paper demonstrates the usefulness of a new methodology whereby opinion (e.g., the spread of AIDS) can be estimated using the mathematical model of ideodynamics. As input, the model uses information in the mass media scored by computer, using the technique of successive filtrations. Such opinion computations can be made over any period of time, however long or short, so long as the mass media provide the major information about the issue.
Subjects: PUBLIC opinion; AIDS; AWARENESS; MASS media; COMPUTERS; ESTIMATION theory
Publication: Journal of Sex Research, 1989, Vol 26, Issue 2, p159
ISSN: 0022-4499
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.1080/00224498909551504

Predictions of Public Opinion on the Spread of AIDS: Introduction of New Computer Methodologies.

Fan, David P.; McAvoy, Gregory