Category: Statements

AAPOR Responds to Fabricated Polling Data

An organization acknowledged Monday that it produced fake polls as part of a “short-term social experiment.” At least one news outlet, some online polling aggregators, and a political candidate shared the fabricated data masquerading as legitimate survey results. The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), the leading association of public opinion and survey research […]

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AAPOR Statement on the Removal of BLS Commissioner McEntarfer

On behalf of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), we write to express deep concern regarding the removal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Erika McEntarfer, in response to the recent downward revisions in job numbers for May and June. In a robust and transparent statistical system, corrections are […]

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