Transparency Initiative Spotlight: APM Research Lab
The APM Research Lab is a one-of-a-kind, public media-based research center. Established in 2017 by American Public Media with the goal of “bringing facts into focus,” the Lab quickly saw the importance of AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative and became a member of the initiative in 2018. The following year the Lab’s Managing Partner, Craig Helmstetter, joined the Transparency Initiative Coordinating […]
Transparency Initiative Update
The Transparency Initiative Coordinating Committee (TICC) has been hard at work incorporating the updated Code of Professional Ethics and Practices adopted by AAPOR membership in April 2021. The revised code updated Section III: Standards for Disclosures. These standards guide the required elements that TI members are committed to disclosing as part of their membership. The revised standards of disclosure are designed […]
Transparency Initiative Update
The Transparency Initiative is pleased to report that it is closing in on 100 members as we enter our seventh year! New applications to the TI continue to arrive on a consistent basis, and those on the committee work hard to review new applicants as well as perform biennial evaluations. The commitment to methodological transparency […]
Transparency Initiative Spotlight: New Members
The Transparency Initiative Coordinating Committee was excited to welcome four new members in 2020. In its sixth year of operation, the Transparency Initiative continues to receive interest from research organizations that represent a range of sectors and methodological approaches. With these new members, the Transparency Initiative stands at over 90 members. Please join us in […]
Transparency Initiative Spotlight: American Institutes for Research
American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan behavioral and social science research, evaluation, assessment, and technical assistance organization with a mission to conduct and apply the best behavioral and social science research and evaluation towards improving people's lives, with a special emphasis on the disadvantaged. AIR’s Survey and Data Sciences (SDS) division is […]
Transparency Initiative Spotlight: EdChoice
The TICC is very thankful for the hard work of EdChoice, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that conducts and commissions research on choice-based reforms and issues in K-12 education with the goal to better inform policymakers and other stakeholders at the state and local levels around the country, as well as in Washington D.C. Launched […]
Transparency Initiative Spotlight: Eva Aizpurua, Mitch Avery, Andrew Stephenson University of Northe
The CSBR staff (left to right: Andrew Stephenson, Mitch Avery, and Eva Aizpurua) showing off where they post the AAPOR TI Disclosure Elements for the staff. All organizations involved in AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative have agreed to train their employees in TI principles and procedures for compliance. As a charter member of AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative, the […]
Transparency Initiative Update
Past AAPOR President and Past Transparency Initiative Coordinating Committee Chair Tim Johnson receives a thank you gift from current TICC co-chair Ashley Kirzinger Over the past year, six new organizations joined the Transparency Initiative (TI), bringing total membership to 87 organizations and 63 organizations have passed their biennial review, which has been coordinated by TICC […]
Transparency Initiative Spotlight
AAPOR’s Transparency Initiative is very active and ready for additional member organizations. If you are interested in having your organization join, please contact us at transparency@aapor.org Member Spotlight: University of Wisconsin Survey Center Since 1987, the University of Wisconsin Survey Center (UWSC) has provided high quality research design and data collection services for researchers at […]