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Reports

Evaluating Survey Quality in Today's Complex Environment 
Released June 23, 2016 | Download the PDF

Task Force Report on Address-based Sampling
Released January 12, 2016 | Download the PDF

Task Force Report on Big Data
Released February 12, 2015 | Download the PDF

Current Knowledge and Considerations Regarding Survey Refusals
Released September 8, 2014 | Download the PDF

Social Media and Public Opinion Research
Released May 30, 2014 | Download the PDF

Mobile Technologies for Conducting, Augmenting and Potentially Replacing Surveys
Released May 12, 2014 | Download the PDF

September 2, 2013 - Read Polling and Democracy: Report of the AAPOR Task Force on Public Opinion and Leadership  Introduction I Download the PDF

August 19, 2013  - Read the Summary of the AAPOR Report on Non-Probability Sampling

May 17, 2013 - Read the Report on Non-Probability Sampling (UPDATED June 22, 2013)

October 7, 2012 - Read the AAPOR Statement on Understanding a "credibility interval" 

October 28, 2010 - Read the 2010 Cell Phone Task Force Report online. Or download a PDF of the report.

March 24, 2010 - Read the Opt In Online Panel Task Force Report / POQ Publication

May 16, 2009 - Read the Report to the AAPOR Standards Committeee on the status of Human Subjects Protection Training Requirements

March 30, 2009 - Read An Evaluation of the Methodology of the 2008 Pre-Election Primary Polls, presented by the Ad Hoc Committee on the 2008 Presidential Primary Polling

Cell Phone Task Force Report
Released April, 2008 | Download the PDF | Download Highlights

Pre-Election Polling in New Hampshire: What Went Wrong?
Released January 1, 2008