In this month’s issue, we (the editors) wanted to show some of the diverse types of articles that can be published in Survey Practice. At the recent AAPOR annual meeting in New Orleans, the presentation that seemed to generate the most “buzz” was about the problems of using the listed 100-series as the basis for [...]
Mansour Fahimi, Dale Kulp – Marketing Systems Group J. Michael Brick – Westat List-assisted Random Digit Dial (RDD) sampling methodology was developed decades ago when local telephone exchanges relied on 100-series telephone banks as physical building blocks. In recent years, however, the telecommunication industry has undergone a number of fundamental changes including a complete transition [...]
Joe Murphy , Michael Schwerin, Joe Eyerman – RTI International Joel Kennet – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Accurate behavioral measures of older Americans are vital to the making of sound, evidence-based policy decisions. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates that 37% of the population will be aged 50 or older by 2030, up [...]
The Survey Practice editors prepared questions for the three experts – Frank Newport from the Gallup Organization, Kathy Frankovic from CBS News, and Doug Schwartz from the Quinnipiac Poll. We asked them to relate their answer to polling in the month prior the presidential election. We appreciate them taking the time to respond during their [...]
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