Thursday May 5, 2011
Mitofsky Call for Nominations
The Warren J. Mitofsky Award for
Excellence in Public Opinion Research
An annual award of The Roper Center
The Mitofsky award acknowledges important work on public opinion or survey methodology that has been accomplished, published, or presented at a professional conference. Nominees can include recent work or past work that continues to have a significant impact on our understanding of public opinion. Special consideration will be given to work that is based on data obtained directly from the Roper archive, as well as to work that utilizes multiple data sources or compares survey results over time. The 2011 award carries a cash prize of $1,000 and the winner will be publicly announced in the fall.
The award honors the life and work of the late Warren J. Mitofsky, an innovator in survey research and longtime chair of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research board of directors. The past winners are political scientist John Mueller, health policy authority Robert Blendon, sociologist Robert Wuthnow, and General Social Survey originator, James A.Davis.
Anyone can make a nomination by submitting a statement that includes the full citation of the work and a brief description of the work's outstanding accomplishment and its use of the Roper Center's public opinion data archives. If the nomination is to honor a body of work, full citations of representative works must be included with the nominating statement.
For full consideration, nominations must be received by May 15, 2011.
Please send nominations to:
Professor James Stimson
Department of Political Science
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
CB #3265 320 Hamilton Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3265
Tel: 919-962-0428
jstimson@email.unc.edu
Save the Date: November 10, 2011!
As a tribute to Warren Mitofsky, who was chairman of the Roper Center Board of Directors at the time of his passing, the Center has established the Warren Mitofsky Fund which will raise funds to support the Roper Center and sponsor an annual award for outstanding work utilizing the Center's archived holdings.
The 2011 Warren J. Mitofsky Award recipient—to be announced soon—will be honored at the awards dinner to be held on November 10, 2011 at the Bryant Park Grill in New York City. Please, plan to join us.
Topics at a Glance--Defense Spending
As you may know, the largest items in the federal budget are Medicare, the government health insurance program for seniors, Social Security and the military. If you had to choose one, which of the following programs would you be willing to change in order to cut government spending--Medicare, Social Security or the military?
CBS News/New York Times Poll, April 2011
Related information can be found by searching the Center's iPOLL Databank or by visiting Topics At A Glance--Defense Spending on the Roper Center website.
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 Membership News
Number of Video Tutorials Grows
Video tutorials are a great resource for learning the basics in 5 minutes or less. The Roper Center's list of tutorials is growing—
Available Tutorials  If you would like a particular video added to the list, email your suggestion to Darlene Hart at dhart@ropercenter.uconn.edu.
For your convenience, all video tutorials are also available on YouTube.
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 Data Bulletin
New Collection Acquired: Siena Research Institute
Siena Research Institute at Siena College conducts regional, statewide and national surveys on business, economic, political, voter, social, academic and historical issues. The surveys include both expert and public opinion polls. Included in their collection is the Siena New York Poll, a monthly snapshot of registered voters from throughout New York State on timely political issues.
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