Step one Introduction 1.Warm-up questions: Give the students the following topics to discuss and then ask them to answer these questions (1)Have you ever cheated on exams or thought of cheating on exams?What are the reasons? (2) What doyou think of cheating on exams? (3) Do you think honesty is going out of style?Why or Why not? 2.Background Information (1)Polls of public opinion A public opinion poll is a method of learning what people think and how they feel about a wide variety of subjects. The first poll of public opinion was conducted in 1824 in the US.In the early 20th century public opinion polls began using statistical sampling techniques.After the Second World War and particularly in the 1960s the popularity of the opinion polls grew.One of the best-known is the Gallup Poll-a poll of public opinion on a major political or social issue,developed by George H.Gallup,an American statistician. Two methods of sampling are practiced by the polls,random and quota sampling. The former consists in selecting persons to be interviewed at random.Quota sampling involves selecting a sample of people which is representative of the population in terms ofage,occupation,sex,region and so on. (2)State Regents'examinations In the state of New York,the Department of Education requires that high school students take year-end examinations in science,math,and language subjects.A regent is a member of a board appointed to govern educational institutions.In New York,the regents make out these required examinations.The regents'exam does not replace the final examination.It is a secure test,meaning that other than the regents themselves. no one,not even the teachers,is supposed to see the examinations prior to theirStep one Introduction 1. Warm-up questions: Give the students the following topics to discuss and then ask them to answer these questions. (1) Have you ever cheated on exams or thought of cheating on exams? What are the reasons? (2) What do you think of cheating on exams? (3) Do you think honesty is going out of style? Why or Why not? 2. Background Information (1) Polls of public opinion A public opinion poll is a method of learning what people think and how they feel about a wide variety of subjects. The first poll of public opinion was conducted in 1824 in the US. In the early 20th century public opinion polls began using statistical sampling techniques. After the Second World War and particularly in the 1960s the popularity of the opinion polls grew. One of the best-known is the Gallup Poll — a poll of public opinion on a major political or social issue, developed by George H. Gallup, an American statistician. Two methods of sampling are practiced by the polls, random and quota sampling. The former consists in selecting persons to be interviewed at random. Quota sampling involves selecting a sample of people which is representative of the population in terms of age, occupation, sex, region and so on. (2) State Regents’ examinations In the state of New York, the Department of Education requires that high school students take year-end examinations in science, math, and language subjects. A regent is a member of a board appointed to govern educational institutions. In New York, the regents make out these required examinations. The regents’ exam does not replace the final examination. It is a secure test, meaning that other than the regents themselves, no one, not even the teachers, is supposed to see the examinations prior to their