#AAPOR
is the leading professional organization of public opinion & survey research in the U.S. Journalists–need a polling expert? Email us at info
@aapor
.org
Sweeping judgments on polls’ overall performance before all ballots are counted are premature. AAPOR's 2020 election polling task force is engaging in comprehensive evaluation of this year’s general election polls. Read our full statement:
The American Association for Public Opinion Research urges pundits and journalists not to rush to judgment on the performance of polls in the aftermath of the Iowa Democratic Caucuses
Read our full statement
.
#IowaCaucus
#aapor
#AAPOR
Executive Council is pleased to announce Dr. Kristen Olson (
@olson_km
) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been selected as the new Editor-in-Chief for the Survey Methodology side of the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
#JSSAM
.
Introducing the first episode of the
#aapor
Public Opinion Podcast (POP)!
In the first episode, “Technological Advances and Public Opinion Research Challenges”, host
@nataliemj10
interviews
@jennagiesta
and
@pewmethods
.
Listen now:
#AAPOR
urges the
@uscensusbureau
to reconsider its decision to end data collection for the decennial Census a full month early. Read the full statement:
Selection bias in pre-election polls, especially due to partisan nonresponse, has often been overlooked. This bias occurs when the probability of responding to a poll depends on candidate preference, even after adjustments. Learn more:
Want to help a friend understand how polling works? Below are a few resources.
@pewmethods
:
@PostPolls
:
@CBSNews
:
What are your favorite polling educational resources?
#AAPOR
congratulates
@_Rob_Santos
-- AAPOR President (2013-2014) and recipient of AAPOR's Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement Award (2021) -- on his confirmation as
@uscensusbureau
director.
Don't forget to register for April's webinar: Non-experimental Study Designs: The basics & recent advances with
@Lizstuartdc
, Vice Dean
@JohnsHopkinsSPH
.
AAPOR is sending experts to talk about public opinion and survey research at research methods classes across the U.S.
If you're teaching research methods in the Spring and would like to host one of our guest lectures, contact as us at the link:
Thank you to everyone who participated in our
#AAPOR
meme contest! After much laughter and extensive deliberation, our winner is…<drum roll>
@JerryTimbrook
with the entry below.
AAPOR Executive Council has unanimously voted not to hold the 75th Annual Conference in person in Atlanta this May. Get the details here: and answers to frequently asked questions here:
Journalists are bombarded with data from
#polls
, especially when election season approaches. To help explain the the science of polling,
#aapor
has partnered with the
#Poynter
Institute to offer the Understanding and Interpreting Polls course for free.
AAPOR is pleased to release of the
#AAPOR
Task Force Report on Transitions from Telephone to Self-Administered and Mixed-Mode Surveys. Thanks to co-chairs Kristen Olson and Jolene Smith from
@unlsoc
for chairing this Task Force.
Read the full report:
New POQ Editors Selected
AAPOR’s Executive Council is pleased to announce that Allyson Holbrook, from the University of Illinois and Eric Plutzer, from Penn State University, have been selected as the next editors-in-chief for Public Opinion Quarterly.
#AAPOR
Profile: Mollyann Brodie
Having established her reputation as a public opinion expert over the course of the past 20+ years, Molly Brodie plays two big roles at the Kaiser Family Foundation.
#WomensHistoryMonth
#WomenInScience
Abstract submissions are open for
#AAPOR
's 77th Annual Conference! Learn more about the theme, format and call for abstracts, and submit by Friday, November 5, 2021, at 11:59 p.m. (EST):
@axios
@mikeallen
Transparency is important and
#aapor
encourages basic elements on how a poll was conducted, such as the sponsor and question wording, be included in the reporting of polls
To learn more visit our FAQ on disclosure:
Join Stephanie Zimmer (
@StatSteph
) and Rebecca Powell for an in-depth introduction to survey analysis in R. Learn more at and add this course to your
#AAPOR
registration:
Thank you for your patience while our website was under maintenance. We're happy to (finally) release “An Evaluation of the 2020 General Election Polls,” produced by the AAPOR Task Force on 2020 Pre-Election Polling. Read the report now:
Curious how a poll of 1,000 people can represent the opinions of an entire country? We’ve created a playlist of (mostly) short videos which explain sampling, exit polling, & other survey topics.
#aapor
#mrx
#stattwitter
#2020census
#ddj
This year we had to make some tough decisions for the
#AAPOR
competition winners!
@olson_km
and
@jlholzberg
are councilors and ineligible.
@Westat
, an AAPOR sustaining sponsor, is next. The two individuals with the most tweets are
@MLink01
and
@VTPollster
! Congrats!
We hope you had a wonderful
#AAPOR
conference this year. It was great to "see" so many colleagues. We hope to see you in Chicago next year, and don't forget to respond to the annual AAPOR survey, coming soon
The
#AAPOR
council typically meets the Wednesday before each in-person conference. This year, we held the final 2019-2020 council meeting via Zoom instead. Thank you to these councilors for their service!
.
@bradytwest
&
@umichdash
use a split-sample experiment to investigate how poor measurement of sexual identity can affect estimated associations of sexual identity with substance use outcomes based on a large national sample.
#sogi
#aapor
The Public Opinion Quarterly is accepting papers for the 2025 Special Qualitative Issue: Qualitative Research: Advancing the Social & Behavioral Sciences. Learn more:
Join the Twitter Team at the AAPOR 73rd Conference. After checking in get an AAPOR Twitter Team ribbon for your badge. Special prize for the person who tweets the most (using
#AAPOR
) between Kick-off Session, May 16 and the Membership & Business Meeting on May 18!
Have to miss
#AAPOR
in Toronto? Catch our livestream, featuring:
1. Voting, Demographics and Issues
2. Accomplishments and Challenges of Exit Polling
3. The AP VoteCast: Methodology and Results and/or
4. Election Forecasting, Modeling, and Weighting
#AAPOR
Executive Council has decided to hold the 2021 Annual Conference virtually and change the dates of the virtual conference to be held on weekdays only, from May 11 to May 14, 2021. Read more here:
Four Roles for Polling
1. Reach across polarization
2. Provide a voice
3. Reveal hard-to-see truth, find change
4. Put the stakes in context
- Jennifer Agiesta, AAPOR President
#aapor24
Hey
#AAPOR
folks, the next 3 years of conference sites discussed at the
@AAPOR
business meeting are now on the website - Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia!
Journalists are bombarded with data from
#polls
, especially when election season approaches. To help explain the the science of polling,
#aapor
has partnered with the
#Poynter
Institute to offer the Understanding and Interpreting Polls course for free.
@thehill
@JoeConchaTV
hi our
#aapor
volunteers have created a set of resources for journalists covering polls
FYI, we are always around to help answer questions regarding polling methods.
#aapor
Executive Director Tristanne may be having a little too much fun getting things ready for the post banquet party tonight! It will be totally rad.
New in POQ!
Mollyann Brodie, Elizabeth Hamel, Ashley Kirzinger, and Bianca Dijulio examine public support for the ACA and how complexity, lack of public understanding, and elite messaging have contributed to the partisan divide in attitudes.
Congratulations to the Social Data Science Center, winner of the
#aapor
2022 Policy Imact Award, as it kicks off its first workshop: The Future of Measurement, Surveys & Social Data Science Research!
It feels a little strange to not be gathered in a ballroom together for the second year in a row. Please join us for the next best thing-- our all-chapter virtual
#AAPOR
mixer, starting tonight at 6pm EDT
This article in
#JSSM
proposes novel oversampling strategies for health research focusing on minority populations. The study emphasizes the importance of considering American Indians & African Americans to achieve accurate estimates. Learn more:
We are pleased to announce our 2021 award winners! Come honor these industry leaders on May 13, 2021, from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM ET at the Annual Awards Ceremony during the virtual
#AAPOR
76th Annual Conference:
#AAPOR75
Quiz Q7: Here are 6 of the last 7 women
#AAPOR
Presidents. One of them is on the board of the Roper Center. It's a family affair, as her business partner is her husband, and her father won the
#AAPOR
Award in 1991. Who is she? Find out at
#AAPOR
!
We're featuring women-led research for
#womenshistorymonth
- check out this JSSAM piece on respondent behavior in telephone interviews
Kristen Olson, Jolene D Smyth, Amanda Ganshert
"As AAPOR begins this new chapter, we will have many opportunities to connect with Jackie, Jeanette, Shameka, and Tristanne. They bring to AAPOR enthusiasm and energy and are here to help with all things AAPOR." - Patricia Moy, President
We're pleased to announce Mollyann Brodie, Senior VP for Executive Ops and Exec. Dir., Public Opinion & Survey Research
@KaiserFamFound
as the 2018 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research recipient. -Nov. 15
@thelinehotel
in D.C.
The night is still young, but shout out to
@StatStas
- our top
#aapor
tweeter this year! Thank you for all your content.
@rnishimura
gets a thumbs up for compiling all the data!
ALERT:
@AAPOR
is leading a
@reddit
AMA on Nov. 20 at 1 pm Eastern.
We're talking about the value & reliability of survey research, and how those insights impact the lives of everyday Americans.
Public Opinion Quarterly: Messages of scientific consensus can backfire on those with high levels of anti-intellectualism, especially when exposed to populist rhetoric. Expert consensus not a panacea for science communication
The
#AAPOR
Presidential address by Nora Cate Schaeffer, Sewell Bascom Professor of Sociology and director of the Survey Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, starts in just two hours. The suspense builds about the topic!
.
@Lisa_de_Vries
,
@MJ1st_
, & David Kasprowski used different methods to sample LGBTQI* people & identify gender minorities in their surveys & found differences in data quality & the identification of trans* people.
#sogi
#aapor
#StayPOR
#VAAPOR
#AAPOR75
#AAPOR20
? We’ve loved all the hashtags our community has come up with. Let’s stick with
#AAPOR
to keep this year’s Twitter discussion all in one place. “See” you Thursday!
Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology: Introducing the Total Error Framework (TEF), meant to expand Total Survey Error to incorporate Big Data and allow direct comparisons between survey &
#bigdata
error.
Ashley Amaya, Paul Biemer & David Kinyon
New for 2021!
#AAPOR
will feature a mini-conference on the impact of the pandemic on survey data collection. Registration opening soon! More info at
#epitwitter