The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) urges the U.S. Census Bureau to reconsider its August 3, 2020, decision to end data collection for the decennial Census a full month earlier, on September 30, 2020. The original data-collection end date of October 31, 2020, allowed for additional time needed to collect crucial data during the coronavirus […]
Yesterday, AAPOR issued a statement regarding the 2020 Census. Today, we are asking you to contact your senators and urge them to approve the provisions that the House passed to extend the 2020 Census reporting deadlines. The longer timeframe is needed to avoid compromising enumeration, follow-up, data review, processing, and tabulation. You can find contact information for […]
Dear AAPOR Community, Events of the past weeks have highlighted the challenges and dangers posed by institutional and systemic barriers to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The coronavirus has underscored racial and social disparities in employment security and access to health care. Communities of color have been struck disproportionately by COVID-19. In addition to the pandemic, […]
Census 2020: It’s not just the government’s job to ensure we’re all counted Author: Ron Wasserstein, Executive Director, American Statistical Association Co-author: Nora Cate Schaeffer, President, American Association for Public Opinion Research In 1790, Thomas Jefferson supervised the newly formed U.S. government in conducting its first census of all people living in the country. The count: 3.9 million. […]
With 14 states holding presidential primaries on March 3, Super Tuesday poses challenges for journalists, pundits and polls. The nation’s largest organization of survey researchers, the American Association for Public Opinion Research, is calling on analysts to be deliberate in their judgments of the performances of the Super Tuesday state polls. “With the most complex […]
The nation’s largest organization of survey researchers, the American Association for Public Opinion Research, urges pundits and journalists not to rush to judgment on the performance of polls in the aftermath of the Iowa Democratic Caucuses. As the first official event of the 2020 presidential nomination campaign, the Iowa caucuses arrive after dozens and dozens […]
The Honorable John Culberson Chairman House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Jerry Moran Chairman Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable José Serrano Ranking Member House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen Ranking Member […]
Supreme Court Decision on Adding Citizenship Question to 2020 Census a Temporary Reprieve for Our Nation’s Data Infrastructure The American Statistical Association (ASA) and the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) welcome today’s Supreme Court decision to send the case back to the lower courts to consider the inclusion of a citizenship question in […]
The Honorable John Culberson Chairman House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Jerry Moran Chairman Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable José Serrano Ranking Member House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen Ranking Member […]
The American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) has noted the administration’s recent announcement that it plans to add a new, untested citizenship question to the 2020 Census form. We strongly urge the Department of Commerce to reconsider this decision, as it represents a methodologically unsound and apparently political decision. A non-partisan Census is essential […]