Needed: A data sensitisation blitz

What changed in the Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2022-23 - and did it deliver?

The exit polls got their predictions of the results of the Lok Sabha 2024 elections wrong. One can only imagine the discomfort of the pollsters who were on live television while the results were being announced. Among the reasons proffered for them being off the mark is respondent behaviour, a challenge in all surveys. More importantly, they talked about the difficulties of predicting the winner in a closely contested constituency. I give full credit to the pollsters since they did not hide, were present on live television, and answered the uncomfortable questions.

Lessons for statistical system

There is a lesson here for