AAPOR Book Award Nomination Process

SCOPE:  
The AAPOR Book Award recognizes books that have influenced our understanding or application of survey research methodology, and/or stimulated theoretical and scientific research in public opinion.

Eligibility for the AAPOR Book Award includes any book in the field that is at least 3 years old (to allow time for books to be read and reviewed), including any published before or during the period covered by the list of the “Fifty Books That Have Significantly Shaped Public Opinion Research 1946-1995.” (The books on the “Fifty Books” list have already been recognized by AAPOR and are not eligible for the annual book award. See list at www.aapor.org )

NOMINATIONS:  
Any AAPOR member can submit nominations for the Book Award. Nominations should identify the monograph and describe how it meets the criteria listed above. Monographs or edited volumes by AAPOR and non-AAPOR members are eligible for the award.

JURY PROCESS:  
Entries will be evaluated by a committee, chaired by AAPOR’s Councilor-at-Large. The award is presented at the annual meeting. Recognition will be in the form of plaques for each of the author(s) (or editor(s), in the case of an edited volume).

CRITERIA FOR BOOK AWARD: 
The following criteria will be the basis for making an award to a book or monograph:

1. The excellence of exposition, ideas and methods.

2. The monograph’s impact with respect to: 

a. Stimulating theoretical or empirical research
b. Influencing the way public opinion researchers think about or conduct research on public opinion
c. Significantly influencing broader understanding of the theory or methods of  public opinion
d. Advancing the state of the art or practice of survey methodology.

3. Its lasting value, as indicated by (for example) the judgments of peers and citation in the literature.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  Friday, February 8, 2013.

AWARD RECOGNITION: 
68th Annual AAPOR Conference
Seaport Boston Hotel & Seaport World Trade Center
Boston, Massachusetts
May 16-19, 2013

INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS:
Please send nominations and any supporting documentation to:

Michael Link
The Nielsen Company
3784 Ardsley Court
Marietta, GA 30062
(678) 401-3753
Email: michael.link@nielsen.com