The Gallup poll (http://www.gallup.com/) is one of the best-known national polls in the United States. To learn more about this poll, scroll down the page and link to "How Gallup Polls Are Conducted," and answer the following questions:

1. What have survey researchers discovered about the confidence of Americans in polls?
2. What is the objective of the national Gallup polls?
3. What is the difference in the way that the earliest polls selected respondents and the way respondents are selected now to participate in the polls?
4. What is one of the oldest question wordings that Gallup has had in its inventory? When was this question first asked?
5. Click your Refresh or Back button. Link to the lead story. Briefly, what is it about? What do U.S. citizens think about the issue?

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) administers a national household survey on drug abuse. Read about Ecstasy use among adolescents and young adults at: (http://www.samhsa.gov/oas/2k3/ecstasy/ecstasy.cfm). Read "The NHSDA Report: Ecstasy Use" and answer the following questions:

1. How many people aged 12 or older reported using Ecstasy in 2001?
2. What does the research released by the "Monitoring the Future" survey tell us about Ecstasy use among middle school and high school students?
3. Which racial or ethnic group was most likely to have used Ecstasy during the past year?
4. Why do you suppose this group is more likely to use Ecstasy?
5. Among youths aged 12-17, who was most likely to have used Ecstasy during the past year? What explanation might you offer for this finding?