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...poll indicated that the Iraq war is the most important voting issue among nine TIME tested. Thirty-five percent of registered voters labeled the war an ?extremely important issue? and 44% called it a ?very important issue? in deciding which Congressional candidate to support. A majority of Americans, according to this poll - 53% in both cases - say the war was a mistake in the first place and that the U.S. is losing it. Democrats held a slim five-point lead (44%-39%) on which party would do a better job of dealing with...
...responses comprise the Harvard College Senior Survey, an annual survey administered to graduating seniors. Students were asked to rate on a five-point scale various components of their undergraduate experiences—ranging from their academic experiences to their post-graduate plans. In total, 1,524 of 1,641 graduating seniors participated in the survey last year...
...Globe reported that Harvard students in 2002 rated their overall satisfaction at 3.95 on a five-point scale, compared to an average of 4.16 at the other 30 schools surveyed...
...last three years, social science concentrators have remained the least satisfied. In 2004, students rated their satisfaction slightly below neutral—a 2.9 on the five-point scale—and in 2005, students rated their satisfaction as 2.6. The Class of 2006 marked their satisfaction at a 2.8, a figure still below neutral...
That, as any parent knows, is a scenario trip-wired for fights--and that's what happened. The experimenters ranked the conflicts on a five-point scale, with one being a single cross word and five being a full-blown brawl. The next year, they went to the same children's schools to observe them at play and interview their teachers. Almost universally, the kids who practiced the best conflict-resolution skills at home carried those abilities into the classroom...