Ekos Research Associates

EKOS Research Associates Inc.
	EKOS Research headquarters, Ottawa, Canada
Company type	Private
Industry	Public opinion research; Market research; Economic research;
Founded	May 1980
Founder	Frank Graves
Headquarters	Ottawa, Canada
Key people	Frank Graves (President)
Website	www.ekos.com

EKOS Research Associates Inc. is a Canadian polling firm based in Ottawa, Canada, that specializes in public opinion, market and economic research.^[1] It was founded in 1980 by Frank Graves, with $5,000 he borrowed from his father.^[2] The firm uses interactive voice response for its political polls.^[3]

A Maclean's analysis found EKOS' polling for the 2019 Canadian federal election did not meet the accuracy standard of the top 5 Canadian polling firms (Forum Research, Mainstreet Research, Nanos Research, Ipsos-Reid, and Léger/Innovative).^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "Ekos Research Associates Inc". Bloomberg.
^ ^a ^b Valpy, Michael (17 June 2011). "A pollster's painful reckoning: 'How could I have screwed up so badly?'". The Globe and Mail.
^ Maher, Stephen; McGregor, Glen (24 April 2012). "Misleading calls aimed at Liberal, NDP, poll shows". Montreal Gazette. p. A11.
^ Fournier, Philippe (20 May 2019). "How accurate are Canadian polls?". Maclean's. Retrieved 12 November 2023. The best final polls were conducted by Forum, Mainstreet, Nanos and Ipsos, all within a two-point radius (Liberal and Conservative numbers only). Both Léger and Innovative also did very well with similar numbers just outside of the two-point radius. Once again, if we zoom out from the centre, we notice EKOS and Angus Reid, which both had the Conservative score within less than a point, but underestimated the Liberals significantly (by four and four and a half points, respectively).

External links

EKOS homepage

[bloomberg-1] "Ekos Research Associates Inc". Bloomberg.

[Globe1-2] Valpy, Michael (17 June 2011). "A pollster's painful reckoning: 'How could I have screwed up so badly?'". The Globe and Mail.

[3] Maher, Stephen; McGregor, Glen (24 April 2012). "Misleading calls aimed at Liberal, NDP, poll shows". Montreal Gazette. p. A11.

[Mac1-4] Fournier, Philippe (20 May 2019). "How accurate are Canadian polls?". Maclean's. Retrieved 12 November 2023. The best final polls were conducted by Forum, Mainstreet, Nanos and Ipsos, all within a two-point radius (Liberal and Conservative numbers only). Both Léger and Innovative also did very well with similar numbers just outside of the two-point radius. Once again, if we zoom out from the centre, we notice EKOS and Angus Reid, which both had the Conservative score within less than a point, but underestimated the Liberals significantly (by four and four and a half points, respectively).

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