AAPOR Highlights

Read the most recent Transparency Initiative (TI) update (8/11/10)

Congratulations to AAPOR honorary life member
John Robinson, AAPOR honorary life member, has been named the 2010 recipient of the American Sociological Association's William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award. The award honors "a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology.

NEW - AAPOR Events Calendar
The AAPOR Events Calendar is easily-accessible, open for public viewing and offers all of the elements of a typical events calendar plus the enhanced feature of incorporating important updates and announcements. Visit the calendar today.

AAPOR Revises the Code
With critical challenges facing the practice of survey research, the AAPOR announced an expansion and strengthening of its Code of Professional Ethics and Practices. View the revised Code and the rationale for the revision.

AAPOR News - Spring 2010 Now Available
View the current issue here or download the PDF.

AAPOR Announces 2010 Election Results -- Thank you to all those who participated in the election and congratulations to the elected candidates.

Online Panel Task Force Report --Revised -- AAPOR Executive Council charged the Online Panel Task Force with reviewing the current empirical findings related to online panels used for data collection and developing recommendations for AAPOR members. Read the full report.

• Is survey research covered by Do Not Call rules?
• Do response rates matter?
• What is a random sample?
• What is the margin of sampling error?
• Why do election polls vary? (PDF)
• Election polling resources
• What is a "push" poll?
• Can leaked polls be trusted?

NEW - AAPOR Job Bank
Need to fill or find a job? It's easy with the new online AAPOR Job Bank. Click on the Job Bank icon and begin managing your employment needs today.

Current Issue: Volume 74, Number 2, Summer 2010 (For members only)

Past Issue: Volume 74, Number 1, Spring 2010 (For members only)

Public Issue: Volume 73, Number 5 - Special Issue on the 2008 Election (Free to the public)