Roper Center Announcements

ACRL & MPSA Conferences

Association of College & Research Libraries
April 10–12, 2013
Indianapolis, Indiana
Booth #431

Midwest Political Science Association
April 11-14, 2013
Chicago, Illinois
Booth #303

Hot Topic "Economy"

Which of these best describes your opinion?

Abt SRBI, March 2013

Related information can be found by searching the Center's iPOLL Databank or by visiting Topics at a Glance--Economy on the Roper Center website.

Social Sciences Librarians Boot Camp

Lois Timms-Ferrara will be conducting two 90-minute workshops at the Social Sciences Librarians Boot Camp on June 7, 2013.

Inside Roper Center Services: Beyond Survey Questions and Answers
Participants will experience hands-on use of the most recent release of the iPOLL Databank highlighting new search and reporting features, the RoperExpress data download services and training in the online analysis tool, RoperExplorer, that permits simple cross-tabulations without programming.

Additionally, she will report on the current discussion among the opinion research industry on transparency in reporting surveys, including reporting full citation of all parties involved, specificity of sampling methodology including margin error, full question wordings and responses, and disposition of attempts to reach respondents in order to calculate response rates.

The Boot Camp is being held at the Tisch Library at Tufts University in Medford, MA. For information on registering for the Boot Camp, visit http://sites.tufts.edu/sslbc2013/.

New Data Collection: UTC/National Journal

The Roper Center is pleased to announce the availability of datasets from the United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection survey series. These surveys track the public's priorities for Congress and Washington - and its opinions on the policies at the center of Congressional debate. Included in this new data collection are 22 studies conducted from January, 2012 to January, 2013.

Thanks go out to National Journal, UTC, and Princeton Survey Research International for archiving this data collection for future research use.

2013 Call for Mitofsky Nominations

New iPOLL Coming Soon!

iPOLL with easy search filtering options will be released this April. Narrow the results by selecting additional keywords or-- Specific decade(s) iPOLL+ for questions that offer immediate standard subgroups, RoperExpress to see only questions where datasets are ready to download RoperExplorer, the online analysis tool to run X-tabs without programming.

Sneak Peek at New iPOLL

Seeking Data Production Specialist

Hot Topics - The Mood of America

Thinking about your own life, what kinds of things would you like to see leaders in Washington deal with over the next few years? Please tell me which one or two you think should be the biggest priorities in terms of improving your own life?

NBC News/Wall Street Journal Poll, January 2013

Related information can be found by searching the Center's iPOLL Databank or by visiting Topics at a Glance-The Mood of America on the Roper Center website.

Hot Topic Crime -- Gun Regulation

Do you think this (December 14, 2012) shooting (at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut) reflects broader problems in American society, or are things like this just the isolated acts of troubled individuals?

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, December 2012

Related information can be found by searching the Center's iPOLL Databank or by visiting Topics at a Glance--Crime on the Roper Center website.

Thank you Mitofsky Award Sponsors!

The Roper Center gratefully acknowledges all of our supporters for the annual Mitofsky Award Dinner.

The 2012 event was supported by sponsorships from...

• NORC at the University of Chicago
• Pew Research Center
• Princeton Survey Research Associates International
• Braun Research, Incorporated
• Hickman Analytics, Inc.
• ThorTech Solutions
• Abt SRBI
• Langer Research Associates
• Edelman Consulting
• Belden Russonello Strategists
• Edison Research
• Charlton Research Company
• Mokrzycki Survey Research Services
• Buendia & Laredo 
• BGC Beltran & Associates
• Wilson Connexions 
• Westat
• D3 Systems

To learn about supporting the 2013 Mitofsky Award Dinner, please visit The Warren J. Mitofsky Award.

2012 Mitofsky Award Dinner

Oh, what a night! On November 15, Norman Bradburn received the 2012 Warren J. Mitofsky Award from the Roper Center Board of Directors! Special guest speaker, Peter Hart discussed the mounting challenges faced by the opinion research industry today. Dr. Bradburn accepted the award and graciously talked about the importance of the Center's archives in documenting opinion research through the decades. Be sure to see the pictures of the dinner!

That afternoon guests and the greater DC community were invited to a symposium for a post mortem look at polling during 2012 Presidential Election season featuring Democratic pollster, Mark Mellman, Republican pollster David Winston, LA Times journalist Doyle McManus, and Gallup's editor-in-chief Frank Newport. The event was moderated by Murray Edelman and co sponsored by DC-AAPOR.

Season's Greetings!

Best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year!

2012 Election Polling: A Post-Mortem

DC-AAPOR and the Roper Center are cosponsoring a symposium titled the "2012 Election Polling: A Post-Mortem" that will be held on Thursday, November 15th at 3:30 PM at The Gallup Building, 901 F Street, NW, Washington, DC. Five key speakers will share their views. There is no charge for admission.

This is an opportunity to join with colleagues to look back over the year, digest the results and examine the implications for our profession from different points of view. We will hear from:

• David Winston - Republican pollster
• Mark Mellman - Democratic pollster
• Doyle McManus - LA Times columnist
• Frank Newport - Gallup's chief pollster

Thank you to 2012 Mitofsky Event Sponsors!

The Roper Center gratefully acknowledges all of our supporters for the annual Mitofsky Award Dinner.

This year's event will be supported by generous donations from 

• NORC at the University of Chicago
• Pew Research Center
• Braun Research, Incorporated
• Hickman Analytics, Inc.
• ThorTech Solutions
• Abt SRBI
• Edelman Consulting
• Mokrzycki Survey Research Services

To learn more about supporting the Mitofsky Award Dinner, please visit Sponsor the Event.

Hot Topic--Taxes

Overall, what do you think is the best way to reduce the federal budget deficit--by cutting federal spending, by increasing taxes, or by a combination of both?

CBS News/New York Times Poll, October 2012

Related information can be found by searching the Center's iPOLL Databank or by visiting Topics at a Glance--Taxes on the Roper Center website.

Bradburn to be Honored as Mitofsky Award Recipient

The Roper Center Board of Directors is delighted to announce Norman M. Bradburn, senior fellow with the Cultural Policy Center at NORC at the University of Chicago, is the recipient of the 2012 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research. For more information about the November 15, 2012 Mitofsky Dinner in honor of Dr. Bradburn click here.

2012 Election Post Mortem

Join GOP pollster David Winston, Democrat pollster Mark Mellman and Frank Newport of the Gallup Organization as they discuss polling during this election cycle with LA Times columnist, Doyle McManus and Murray Edelman of the Roper Center Board. 2012 Election Polling: A Post-Mortem is cosponsored by DC-AAPOR and the Center.

NORC Sponsors Mitofsky Award Dinner

With deep appreciation the Roper Center is delighted to announce the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago has become the first Platinum Level Sponsor of the Roper Center's 2012 Warren J. Mitofsky Award Dinner to be held in November.

New Data Collections in iPOLL

Nearly 10,000 questions were recently added to iPOLL that represent surveys conducted by Knowledge Networks and sponsored by various organizations such as PIPA (Program on International Policy Attitudes, University of Maryland), the Associated Press, CBS News, AARP, Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, and Chicago Council on Global Affairs.

Welcome New Member Schools!

Portland State University and the University of Iowa have joined the Roper Center family of academic institutional members.Check out our growing list of members!

Opening: Executive Director

The Roper Center is searching for a recognized scholar for a tenured faculty position in an academic department and a five year (renewable) appointment as Executive Director of the Roper Center. More detail...

Wonder what this symbol means?

 The dataset is in-house, but requires re-processing to make it available via RoperExpress. Use the email link on the study description to alert Roper staff of your need for the study and you will be notified when it becomes available.

Presidential Elections: How they compare

What was the mood of the country in 1984, 1996 and 2004 when an incumbent president captured a second term? Roper has the data to help fill in the blanks!

Norman Bradburn Awarded 2012 Mitofsky Award

The Roper Center Board of Directors is delighted to announce Norman M. Bradburn, senior fellow with the Cultural Policy Center at NORC at the University of Chicago, is the recipient of the 2012 Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research. A dinner reception in Dr. Bradburn's honor is planned for November 15, 2012.