Poll Average Details- MN Governor - 2002-11-05 20:00:00

The Poll Average is a weighted and adjusted number.
[Mid Date Column] All times are calculated by the middle date of the poll if it spans multiple days.
A time window of 2 months prior to the most recent poll is used.
[Time Weight Column] Polls are weighted in the amount they contribute to the final results in a linear fashion in this time window - the newest poll has a weight of 1, a poll 30 days prior will have a weight of 0.5 and a poll 60 days out will have a weight of 0. If the same pollster has more than one poll in this time period, only the newest will be used.
[Internal Column] If a poll is marked as being an internal poll for one of the candidates, it's weight will be halved.
[Candidate Columns, Bias] OurCampaigns has calculated partisan bias figures for all Polling Firms based on data from final vote totals in races they have polled. These amounts are subtracted from the poll result - in the case the bias figure is negative it will effectively be added to the poll result and appear as two dashes (minus a negative = plus). [TOTAL Row] The adjusted weights are summed for each poll result and the adjusted poll results for each candidate are multiplied by the poll weight and then summed. Each candidate's poll sum is divided by their weight sum to give the total.

Poll	Mid Date	Time Weight	Internal	Tim Pawlenty Undecided	Roger D. Moe	Timothy J. "Tim" Penny	Ken Pentel Undecided	Others	Kari J. Sachs	Booker T. Hodges IV	Lawrence Michael Aeshliman	Bill Dahn	Richard A. Klatte	Lealand Vettleson
Star Tribune	11/3	X 1.00000		35.0000 - -1.9492 bias	32.0000 - 5.3550 bias	16.0000 - 1.3083 bias	3.0000 - 1.4957 bias
Zogby International	11/2	X 0.98333		35.0000 - 0.0434 bias	34.0000 - 2.1756 bias	16.0000 - 1.9981 bias	3.0000 - 1.0598 bias
KSTP	11/1	X 0.96667		30.0000 - -1.3023 bias	27.0000 - -4.6960 bias	26.0000 - 14.4045 bias	2.0000 - 0.1070 bias
Research 2000	10/12	X 0.63333		23.0000 - 0.1379 bias	30.0000 - -3.1274 bias	34.0000 - 10.8738 bias	3.0000 - 1.0935 bias
Mason-Dixon	9/14	X 0.16667		28.0000 - 0.8543 bias	27.0000 - 2.0634 bias	30.0000 - 1.1771 bias	3.0000 - -0.3342 bias
TOTAL				32.156185	30.324066	15.765234	1.868057	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000	0.000000