Pulse Asia Research Inc. bared on Tuesday, May 3, that it consistently released to the public the results of their regular quarterly and the periodic pre-election surveys without fear or favor.

In a statement, Pulse Asia said that being a non-partisan, non-profit, non-stock organization of academics, releasing the survey results manifests the value our organization places on the people’s right to information.

"We likewise hope that in releasing our survey results, we could elicit feedback from fellow academics, comments that are important in improving our work in taking the public’s pulse," it said.

Pulse Asia then addressed a social media post by an esteemed statistician, Dr. Romulo Virola on May 2, 2022. There Pulse Asia said that Dr. Virola asserted that there are “flaws” in the Pulse Asia survey that must be rectified.

In his post, Virola said that Vice President presidential candidate Leni Robredo could win if the said flaws are "rectified", according to him.

"We thank Dr. Virola for taking the time in analyzing data from our surveys. Nonetheless, it is important to correct his assertions as regards the flaws in our surveys," the pollster said.

Pulse Asia addressed three points in Virola's post which are:

• On the under-representation of socio-economic classes, A, B, and C
• On the under-representation of the youth (various age groups from 18 to 41) and those who have higher educational attainment
• Virola's correction of their March 2022 survey by applying what he believes to be the distribution of socio-economic classes and adjusting the values for the under-represented (or over-represented) groups.

"We respect all forms of feedback on our survey results, including fair academic comment on differing methodologies and interpretations of data," it said.

While Pulse Asia understands that survey results will elicit varied opinions, it said that they take exception to claims such as being bought; being compromised due to the infiltration of partisan groups and that it is illegal to publish survey results 15 days before election day.

Pulse Asia said that their organization will never submit to any form of material inducement or even intimidation that will make them deviate from or distort accepted social science principles and practice.

It added that they have also taken all the necessary safeguards to secure the integrity of our field work against any and all forms of infiltration.

"Those who make these unfair and unjust criticisms bear the responsibility for their baseless accusations feeding into the spiral of disinformation and malinformation that afflicts our society. These false accusations only further deepen polarization and distrust and contribute to the continuous erosion of an already extremely feeble democratic order," the pollster explained.