Debuting at this year’s conference in Toronto, AAPOR will present the inaugural “Inclusive Voices” award.
AAPOR’s mission explicitly promotes the advancement of “the science and practice of survey and opinion research to give people a voice in the decisions that affect their daily lives.”
Dr. Timothy Johnson of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is being recognized for his outstanding work promoting high quality, objective research aimed at understanding and improving the world around us, and his tireless contributions to survey methods quality and education.
Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS) has released their Federal Statistics, Multiple Data Sources, and Privacy Protection report which is now available for free download on the National Academies Press website.
On January 30, the American Statistical Association (ASA), in partnership with AAPOR and other organizations in the statistical community, launched a campaign to advance the federal statistical system and awareness of its significant work. Count on Stats is a public outreach initiative, which will enhance understanding of the importance, reliability, and trustworthiness of government statistics.
AAPOR, along with 40 other organizations and numerous individual signers, has signed a statement of support calling on Greek authorities to halt the legal proceedings against Andreas Georgiou, the former president of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), and other senior ELSTAT officials for their ELSTAT work under Georgiou’s leadership.
The Roper Center will honor Howard Schuman at its 2017 Warren J Mitofsky Award Dinner, to be held on Thursday, November 9 in NYCat the Bryant Park Grill. We are delighted to be celebrating Howard’s many contributions to the field of survey research. Those of you who have come to our annual event in the past know that it is a great evening of toasting our honoree — along with cocktails starting at 6:30, live music, and catching up with your colleagues. Please visit our website for tickets and information about sponsoring.
There now are more ways than ever to collect useful data. And while a well designed and carefully executed survey still can deliver valid and reliable results, methods and details matter more than ever.
AAPOR, ESOMAR and WAPOR have collaborated to launch the first-ever international online training tool for journalists to help improve media reporting about polls and survey results around the world.
Aimed at journalists, media students, bloggers, voters and anyone who wants to know why polls work and how they are conducted, the course is hosted by Poynter, which provides online training for journalists. Thanks to AAPOR, ESOMAR and WAPOR funding, the course is available free of charge.
On September 8, 2015, a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) was published in the Federal Register regarding proposed changes to the Common Rule governing human subjects’ research. As these proposed changes are far-reaching and, if adopted, will affect many AAPOR members, especially those that submit their research to IRB’s for review, at its September meeting AAPOR’s Executive Council approved the creation of an Ad Hoc Committee to respond to the proposed changes and develop answers to the 88 questions in the NPRM.
AAPOR has been asked to assist with the current update of Survey Researchers for a project of the U.S. Department of Labor called O*NET or the Occupational Information Network. Some of our most experienced members will be invited by O*NET liaisons at RTI International to complete a series of questionnaires that gather information on how the work is performed, the knowledge required and the typical work settings.