AAPOR CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

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AAPOR CONFERENCE OVERVIEW

• Cross Cultural Research Polling on Elections

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A Myriad of Sessions

• There are hundreds of sessions. Dozens by
  specific topics.

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Cross Cultural

• The Dissemination of an Innovation Survey
  Research 1936-1959.Tom W. Smith, NORC
  (smitht_at_norc.uchicago.edu)
• Are Opinion Surveys Undercounting Muslims Around
  the World?Conrad Hackett, Pew Research Center's
  Forum on Religion Public Life
  (chackett_at_pewforum.org) Brian Grim, Pew Research
  Center's Forum on Religion Public Life
  (bgrim_at_pewforum.org)

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Cross Cultural

• The Importance of Ethnicity in Afghan Public
  OpinionJohn Richardson, D3 Systems
  (john.richardson_at_d3systems.com)
• Design Considerations for a Cross-Cultural
  Enumeration Survey.Teresa (Ye) Jin, The Nielsen
  Company (teresa.jin_at_nielsen.com) Justin T.
  Bailey, The Nielsen Company (Justin.Bailey_at_nielsen
  .com) Kelly Bristol , The Nielsen Company
  (Kelly.Bristol_at_nielsen.com) Michael W. Link, The
  Nielsen Company (Michael.Link_at_nielsen.com)

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Cross Cultural

• All About Us or Part of a Sub-group The Effect
  of Survey Context on Response Among Immigrant
  Respondents. Angela Fontes, NORC at the
  University of Chicago (fontes-angela_at_norc.org)
• Interview Privacy and Social Desirability Effects
  in Cross-Cultural Survey Research The World
  Mental Health Survey Experience. Zeina Mneimneh,
  Institute for Social Research-University of
  Michigan (zeinam_at_umich.edu)

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Cross Cultural

• Cultural Awareness and Sensitivity From Design
  through Dissemination Beth-Ellen Pennell and
  Yuchieh Lin, University of Michigan and Margaret
  Brill, Kalamazoo College. Beth-Ellen Pennell,
  Institute for Social Research, University of
  Michigan (bpennell_at_isr.umich.edu)

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Polling on Elections

• Trends in Media Polling Public Opinion Polls,
  Pre-Election Polls, and Trial-Heat Questions
  since 1970. Chase Harrison, Harvard Business
  School (charrison_at_hbs.edu) Marc Maynard, Roper
  Center for Public Opinion Research University of
  Connecticut (marc.maynard_at_uconn.edu) Richard
  Clark, Carl Vinson Institute of Government
  University of Georgia (clark_at_cviog.uga.edu)

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Polling on Elections

• Faith in the President How Public Perception of
  Barack Obamas Faith Shape Views of him and his
  Presidency. Daniel Cox, Public Religion Research
  Institute (dcox_at_publicreligion.org) Robert Suls,
  Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
  (rsuls_at_pewresearch.org)
• The Obama Effect vs. the Clinton Effect. An
  Analysis of the Youth Vote in the 1992, 1996 and
  2008 Presidential Elections.AAPOR 66th Annual
  Conference AbstractsPage 96 of 274Emanuel
  Boussios, Nassau Community College
  (emanuel.boussios_at_ncc.edu)

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Polling on Elections

• A Multi-Method Assessment of the Reliability of
  the 2010 Pre-Election Polls.Mark Blumenthal,
  Huffington Post (mark_at_huffingtonpost.com) Joel
  D. Bloom, The University at Albany, SUNY
  (joeldbloom_at_gmail.com)
• How Should We Handle Undecided In Vote
  Preferences in Congressional District Level
  Political Polls? Empirical Analysis Using Micro
  Level Survey Datasets. Masahiko Aida, Greenberg
  Quinlan Rosner Research (maida_at_gqrr.com)

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Polling on Elections

• Mode Effects in U.S. House Race Polling IVR
  versus Live Interviewer.Patrick Murray, Monmouth
  University Polling Institute (pdmurray_at_monmouth.ed
  u)

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Polling on Elections

• Proliferation of Polls (Good and Bad) and the Way
  Media Uses Them with Less than a Critical
  Eye.Susan Pinkus, S.H. Pinkus Research Associates
  (spinkus_at_sbcglobal.net) Mark DiCamillo, The
  Field Poll (markd_at_field.com) Phil Trounstine,
  CalBuzz (phil_at_trounstine.com) Whit Ayres, Ayres,
  McHenry Associates, Inc. (whit_at_ayresmchenry.com)
  Mark Blumenthal, Huffington Post
  (mark_at_huffingtonpost.com) Peter V. Miller,
  Northwestern University (P-Miller_at_northwestern.edu
  )

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Lessons Learned

• Prepare early (online tools, apps).
• Once there review book, map out schedule.
• Follow up with those that most interest me.
• Keep the thumb drive.