AAPOR - American Association for Public Opinion Research
The leading association of public opinion
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Resources For Researchers

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AAPOR's commitment to sound and ethical survey research is reflected in the materials developed to help researchers meet the stringent demands of the profession.  Below are some of the tools and guides we have developed:
  • Standards & Ethics
  • Best Practices for Survey Research
  • Working with Institutional Review Boards
  • Standard Definitions -Final Dispositions of Case Codes and Outcome Rates for Surveys (PDF)
  • Interviewer Falsification (PDF)
  • Determining the Status of Cases with Unknown Eligibility - Calculating "e"(PDF)
  • Response Rate Calculator (Excel)
  • Fifty Books that Shaped Public Opinion Research
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