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EKOS Research Associates
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EKOS Research headquarters
FoundedMay 1980
FounderFrank Graves
Headquarters359 Kent Street, Ottawa, Canada
Key peopleFrank Graves (President)
Websitewww.ekos.com

EKOS Research Associates Inc. is a polling firm founded by Frank Graves. In 1980, he quit his doctoral studies in sociology and founded Ekos Research Associates using $5,000 he borrowed from his father.

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).

References

  1. ^ A pollster's painful reckoning: 'How could I have screwed up so badly?'
  2. Fournier, Philippe (May 20, 2019). "How accurate are Canadian polls?". macleans.ca. Retrieved November 12, 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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