For Researchers

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 AAPOR has developed:

• Standards & Ethics
• Response Rate Calculator V4.0 (Excel) (May 2016)
• Response Rates - An Overview
• Best Practices for Survey Research 
• Guidance on Reporting Precision for Nonprobability Samples (PDF)
• Protecting Against RFP Plagiarism
• 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)
• Fifty Books That Have Significantly Shaped Public Opinion Research
• AAPOR Committee and Task Force Reports
• Poll & Survey FAQ
• Recent Books and Journals in Public Opinion, Survey Methods and Survey Statistics (Survey Practice, April 2011)
• Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)
• Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics (COPAFS)