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; or

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.

Any AAPOR member can submit nominations; contact information is posted in the Fall. These should identify the monograph and discuss how it meets the criteria listed above. Monographs or edited volumes by AAPOR and non-AAPOR members are eligible for the award.

 Recognition will be in the form of plaques for each of the author(s) (or editor(s), in the case of an edited volume).

Detailed information on submitting nominations is posted in November.