Directory of Survey Resources

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Surveys of human populations and institutions are common in political polling and government, health, social science and marketing research. This category is for sites about the methodology used in such surveying.

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Resources in This Category

• American Association of Public Opinion Resources

  http://www.aapor.org/
  Provides guides, standards, definitions, recommended and condemned practices for public policy survey data collection.

• ASDE Inc.

  http://www.surveysampler.com/
  Provides sampling and related services exclusively to survey research professionals.

• California Survey Research Services, Inc.

  http://www.calsurvey.com/
  CSRS specializes in data collection and data processing for complex research projects. Telephone surveys, mail surveys, internet surveys. CATI interviewing. Bi-lingual interviewing.

• Centre for Applied Social Surveys' Question Bank

  http://qb.soc.surrey.ac.uk/
  A store of professionally designed UK social survey questionnaires dealing with human behaviour, attitudes and living conditions. The resource is aimed primarily at social science researchers, secondary analysts and teachers of survey methods.

• CESSDA -- Council of European Social Science Data Archive

  http://www.nsd.uib.no/cessda/
  Promotes the acquisition, archiving and distribution of electronic data for social science teaching and research in Europe.

• Colectica

  http://www.colectica.com/
  A software package that allows survey researchers to increase the expressiveness and longevity of the data collected through standards based metadata documentation.

• Computer-assisted Survey Execution System (CASES)

  http://cases.berkeley.edu/
  Software package for collecting survey data based on structured questionnaires, using telephone or face-to-face interviewing, web surveys or self-administered procedures.

• CPIP -- Eagleton's Center for Public Interest Polling

  http://eagletonpoll.rutgers.edu/
  Also known as the Eagleton Poll, was established in 1971 with the primary mission of serving the state of New Jersey.

• Guide to Questionnaires and Surveys

  http://members.tripod.com/frede_dast/conseil1_a.html
  Categorized articles about problems in data collection and survey methodology.

• ICPSR

  http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/
  The Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides access to an extensive collection of downloadable data. While some data is only available to individuals from member institutions, an extensive collection of criminal justice data, election data, and data from the General Social Surveys is available to the public from this site.

• MIPO -- Marist Institute for Public Opinion

  http://www.maristpoll.marist.edu/
  provides educational opportunities for students and information on elections, policy, and popular issues for the public.

• NORC--The National Opinion Research Center

  http://www.norc.org/
  Conducts survey research in the public interest for government agencies, educational institutions, private foundations, non-profit organizations, and private corporations.

• SUNY Stony Brook: Center for Survey Research

  http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/surveys/
  A non-profit organization that conducts nationwide phone and mail surveys on topics such as Current affairs, Health, Education and Business.

• Survey Questionnaire Archive

  http://www.cadsr.udel.edu/sqa/
  Open collection of survey questionnaires used in social sciences and public policy making. This digital collection allows users to browse, search, store and share survey instruments over the web.

• Surveytools

  http://www.surveytools.com/
  Provides tools, services, resources, and training for conducting surveys, with a focus on measuring satisfaction.

• The Joint Program in Survey Methodology (JPSM)

  http://www.jpsm.umd.edu/
  A graduate degree program teaching state-of-the-art principles and practices in the design, conduct, analysis and evaluation of sample surveys. JPSM, sponsored primarily by the Interagency Council on Statistical Policy, is a consortium of the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan and Westat. The primary goal of JPSM is to educate the next generation of technical leaders of the survey profession. 

• The Odum Institute

  http://www.irss.unc.edu/
  The organization maintains an archive of computer-readable social science data. Includes searchable and downloadable catalogs, database of opinion polls, vital statistics for North Carolina, and related resources.

• The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

  http://ropercenter.cornell.edu/
  Roper Center is the largest library of public opinion data in the world. The Center's mission focuses on data preservation and access, education, and research on public opinion.

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