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Appendix C. Final Survey Instruments
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The responses to this survey are critical for improving AAPOR member services
as well as for strategic planning. Your responses are confidential and will not be associated with your identity. Only the survey responses will be available to AAPOR. Results will be reported in aggregated form, except for open ended
responses which will be sanitized (to remove identifying text) prior to release.
Your participation is voluntary. You may skip any question and quit the survey at any time. We estimate that it takes about 15 minutes to complete the survey.
If you have any questions or comments about the survey, please contact Heather Hammer at isr@temple.edu or call 1-877-485-7234 toll free.
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Please check the circle that indicates your response.
Are you ready to begin the survey?
Yes No Not sure
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1a. How important is AAPOR to you?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
1b. How satisfied are you with AAPOR?
Extremely dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied
Somewhat dissatisfied
Somewhat satisfied
Very satisfied
Extremely satisfied
Not sure
1c. If you are dissatisfied with AAPOR, please tell us why.
Not sure
2. How likely are you to recommend AAPOR to a friend or colleague?
Extremely unlikely
Very unlikely
Somewhat unlikely
Somewhat likely
Very likely
Extremely likely
Not sure
3a. How likely are you to renew your AAPOR membership next year?
Extremely unlikely
Very unlikely
Somewhat unlikely
Somewhat likely
Very likely
Extremely likely
Not sure
3b. If you are unlikely to renew your AAPOR membership, please tell us why.
Not sure
Next, please think about the personal benefits of AAPOR.
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4a. How important is it for you to make new professional contacts and maintain existing ones
within the survey research or public opinion field?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
4b. How effective is AAPOR in helping you make and maintain professional contacts within the survey research or public opinion field?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
5a. How important is it for you to have access to the latest and most relevant information about public opinion and survey research?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
5b. How effective is AAPOR in providing you access to the latest and most relevant information about public opinion and survey research?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
6a. How important is it for you to have access to a peer-reviewed journal featuring articles on
public opinion and survey research?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
6b. How effective is AAPOR’s official journal, Public Opinion Quarterly (POQ), in providing information you need?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
7a. How important is it for you to have access to a web publication featuring articles with current
and practical information for survey researchers?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
7b. How effective is Survey Practice, AAPOR’s web publication of practical information for survey researchers, in providing information you need?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
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8. AAPOR and the American Statistical Association are considering launching a new peer-reviewed journal focused on statistical and survey methodology. How interested would you be in having
access to this journal?
Extremely uninterested
Very uninterested
Somewhat uninterested
Somewhat interested
Very interested
Extremely interested
Not sure
9a. How important is it for you to have access to a directory of organizations that provide
public opinion research services, like the AAPOR Blue Book?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
9b. How effective is AAPOR in providing information you need via the Blue Book?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
10a. How important are resources for job-seekers and employers, like the AAPOR Career
Center, to you?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
10b. How effective is the AAPOR Career Center in meeting your needs?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
11a. How important is it for you to have access to information about AAPOR and survey or public
opinion resources through a single organized web site?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
11b. How effective is the AAPOR web site, www.aapor.org, in providing information you need?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
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12. AAPOR has begun offering webinars (web-based seminars) on survey research and public
opinion topics. How interested are you in attending such webinars?
Extremely uninterested
Very uninterested
Somewhat uninterested
Somewhat interested
Very interested
Extremely interested
Not sure
13a. How important is it for you to have access to an online forum or listserv where AAPOR
members can ask questions and share information?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
13b. How effective is AAPORnet, the AAPOR listserv, in meeting your needs?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
14a. How important is it for you to have access to online social networks of AAPOR members, such
as Facebook, Linkedin, or Twitter?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
14b. How effective is AAPOR in providing what you want from online social networks?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
Next, please think about benefits for the fields of public opinion and survey research in general.
15a. How important is it for AAPOR to develop standards and best practices for researchers?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
15b. How effective is AAPOR at developing standards and best practices for researchers?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
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16a. How important is it for AAPOR to produce “white papers” summarizing and clarifying issues
which are critical for practitioners (e.g. Cell Phone Task Force Report)?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
16b. How effective is AAPOR at producing “white papers” summarizing and clarifying issues which are critical for practitioners?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
17a. How important is it for AAPOR to actively encourage disclosure of methodological information
from survey organizations?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
17b. How effective is AAPOR at actively encouraging disclosure of methodological information from survey organizations?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
18a. How important is it for AAPOR to influence legislation as it pertains to survey research or public opinion?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
18b. How effective is AAPOR at influencing legislation as it pertains to survey research or public opinion?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
19a. How important is it for AAPOR to support education and career development opportunities for
students?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
19b. How effective is AAPOR at supporting education and career development opportunities for students?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
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20a. How important is it for AAPOR to educate the public about survey research methods?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
20b. How effective is AAPOR at educating the public about survey research methods?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
21a. How important is it for AAPOR to conduct journalist outreach and education?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
21b. How effective is AAPOR at conducting journalist outreach and education?
Extremely ineffective
Very ineffective
Somewhat ineffective
Somewhat effective
Very effective
Extremely effective
Not sure
Yes No
Not sure
22. Are AAPOR’s membership dues reasonable given the benefits offered?
23. Have you ever served on an AAPOR committee?
24. Have you ever helped in some role during the AAPOR annual conference?
25. Have you ever volunteered for AAPOR in another capacity?
If yes, please specify:
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26a. Have you ever been a member of a professional association other than AAPOR?
Yes No Not sure
Skip to Q28 on page 8.
26b. Please indicate all of the following associations in which you are a current or former member.
Current member
Former member
Not sure
Advertising Research Foundation
American Economic Association
American Educational Research Association
American Evaluation Association
American Marketing Association
American Political Science Association
American Psychological Association
American Public Health Association
American Sociological Association
American Statistical Association
Association for Consumer Research
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
ESOMAR
International Communication Association
International Statistical Institute
Marketing Research Association
Midwest Sociological Society
Newspaper Association of America
Population Association of America
Qualitative Research Consultants Association
World Association for Public Opinion Research
Other professional associations
Please specify:
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27a. How would you rate AAPOR’s overall value to you compared to the other organizations in which
you have been a member?
Worse than any other
association I know of
Among the worst
professional associations
Worse than most
professional associations
About average for
a professional association
Better than most
professional associations
Among the best
professional associations
Better than any
other association I know of
Not sure
27b. If you rated AAPOR’s overall value as worse than average or lower, compared to other professional
associations, please tell us why.
Not sure
28. What else can AAPOR do for its members?
Not sure
29. What else can AAPOR do for the fields of public opinion and survey research?
Not sure
30. Did you attend the 2011 AAPOR Conference in Phoenix?
Yes No
Skip to Q61 on page 16.
31. Overall, how would you rate your level of satisfaction with the 2011 AAPOR Conference?
Extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
Extremely satisfied
5
Not sure
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32. If you were dissatisfied with the 2011 AAPOR Conference, please tell us why.
Not sure
33. What are the main reasons you decided to attend the 2011 AAPOR Conference this year?
Not sure
34. What hotel did you stay at for the 2011 AAPOR Conference?
Arizona Grand Resort only Skip to Q36 on page 10.
Arizona Grand Resort and another hotel
Other hotel only (please specify):
Did not stay at a hotel
35. What is the main reason you did not stay at the conference hotel (Arizona Grand Resort) some or all of the time?
No rooms available
Other hotels cheaper
Traveling with people who did not want to stay at conference hotel
Personally prefer not to stay at conference hotel/wanted to stay at different location
Stayed at private home (personal home, friend, relative)
Other (please specify):
Not sure
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36. Please indicate all of the events you attended at the 2011 AAPOR Conference.
Thursday Events:
Golf Outing (morning)
New Member/All Chapter Reception (evening)
Plenary Session on Immigration Reform (night)
Dessert Reception (after the Plenary Session)
Friday Events:
Speed Networking Session (afternoon)
Star Gazing Event (night)
Saturday Events:
Fun Run/Walk (morning)
Speed Networking Session (afternoon)
President’s Reception (before the evening Awards Banquet)
Awards Banquet (evening)
Post-Banquet Party (night)
Applied Probability (night)
Star Gazing Event (night)
Yes No
Not sure
37. Did you present a paper at the 2011 AAPOR conference in a regular panel session (this does not include a poster session)?
38. Did you present a poster at the 2011 AAPOR conference?
39. Did you enroll in at least one Short Course?
40. Did you visit any of the poster sessions?
41. Did you visit the Exhibit Hall? Check only one.
Yes – only during refreshment breaks
Yes – only outside of refreshment breaks
Yes – both during refreshment breaks and at least once outside of refreshment breaks
No Skip to Q47a on page 12.
Not sure Skip to Q47a on page 12.
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42. Not including the Book Exhibit/Sale, about how many individual exhibit booths did you actually visit, that is, spend time browsing through information or speaking to the exhibitors?
None Skip to Q45 at the bottom of this page.
1-2
3-5
6-15
16 or more
Not sure
43. Please indicate all of the reasons why you visited the exhibit booths.
Connect with an existing product or service provider
Get information about a product or service you might consider purchasing
Get information about a product or service simply to keep up to date with what is available
Get information about your competitors
Get information about a company for potential employment
Show support for AAPOR Conference/Exhibitors
Pass some time, happened to be in the area, or pick up giveaways
44. How likely is it that you will follow up with any of the exhibitors – request information, purchase a product or service, apply for a position, etc.?
Extremely unlikely
1
2
3
4
Extremely likely
5
Not sure
45. Did you spend any time browsing through the books at the Book Exhibit?
Yes No
Skip to Q47a on page 12.
46. How likely is it you will use the publishers’ order forms that were available at the Book Exhibit to purchase books at the AAPOR discount rate?
Extremely unlikely
1
2
3
4
Extremely likely
5
Not sure
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47a. Please rate your overall level of satisfaction with the following elements of the 2011 conference.
Extremely Dissatisfied
Extremely Satisfied
Not applicable/
did not participate in
Not sure
1 2 3 4 5
a. Your paper session/s
b. Your poster session/s
c. The overall quality of the Short Courses you attended
d. The overall quality of the paper sessions you attended
e. The overall quality of the poster sessions
you attended
f. The online conference registration process
g. The Exhibit Hall area
h. The Cyber Cafe
i. The Book Exhibit/Sale
47b. Next, please rate your overall level of satisfaction with the 2011 conference events held on Thursday and Friday.
Extremely Dissatisfied
Extremely Satisfied
Not applicable/did
not participate in
Not sure
1 2 3 4 5 Thursday
a. Golf Outing (morning)
b. New Member/All Chapter Reception (evening)
c. Plenary Session on Immigration Reform (night)
d. Dessert Reception (after the Plenary Session)
Friday
e. Speed Networking Session (afternoon)
f. Star Gazing Event (night)
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47c. Now, please rate your overall level of satisfaction with the 2011 conference events held on Saturday.
Extremely Dissatisfied
Extremely Satisfied
Not applicable/ did not
participate in
Not sure
Saturday 1 2 3 4 5
a. Fun Run/Walk (morning)
b. Speed Networking Session (afternoon)
c. President’s Reception (evening before the Awards Banquet)
d. Awards Banquet (evening)
e. Post-Banquet Party (night)
f. Applied Probability (night)
g. Star Gazing Event (night)
48. What other social activities and/or networking events would you like to see added to future AAPOR conferences?
Not sure
49. What particular session and paper topics would you like to see included in the conference program
next year?
Not sure
50. What suggestions do you have for Short Course topics or Short Course presenters for next year?
Not sure
51. How many AAPOR conferences have you attended before this year’s conference in Phoenix?
None 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11 or more
Not sure
Answer Q52 on page 14. Skip to Q53 on page 14.
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52. How did you first become aware of the AAPOR conference? Please select only one.
E-mail from AAPOR
Postal mail from AAPOR
AAPOR website
AAPORnet
AAPOR newsletter
A colleague
A professor
Another organization
Other (please specify:)
Not sure
53. Compared to this year’s conference, would you prefer:
A lot more sessions held simultaneously at each 1.5 hour time period
Slightly more sessions held simultaneously at each 1.5 hour time period
Same amount of sessions held simultaneously at each 1.5 hour time period
Slightly fewer sessions held simultaneously at each 1.5 hour time period
A lot fewer sessions held simultaneously at each 1.5 hour time period
No preference
54. Compared to this year’s conference, would you prefer:
A lot more papers per session
Slightly more papers per session
Same amount of papers per session
Slightly fewer papers per session
A lot fewer papers per session
No preference
55. What is the ideal number of papers that should be presented in a typical 1.5 hour session?
1 2 3 4 5 6 or more
Not sure
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56. The 2012 AAPOR Conference will be held May 17-20 in Orlando, Florida. How likely are you to attend the 2012 conference?
Not at all likely
1
2
3
4
Extremely likely
5
Not sure
57. If you are not likely to attend the 2012 AAPOR Conference in Orlando, please tell us why.
Not sure
58. Please list anything that could be done in designing the conference that would increase your
likelihood of attending the 2012 AAPOR Conference in Orlando.
Not sure
Nothing, I am not planning to attend. Nothing, I am planning to attend.
59. AAPOR traditionally holds a plenary session on the first day of the conference. Please
suggest topics for next year’s plenary session in Orlando that would be of broad interest to conference attendees.
Not sure
60. Thank you for completing this survey. If you have any additional thoughts about AAPOR or the AAPOR conferences, please share them here:
Thank you again for your time and valuable feedback. Please use the postage-paid envelope to return your completed questionnaire to the Temple University Institute for Survey Research.
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61. Please indicate all of the reasons that prevented you from attending the 2011 AAPOR Conference
in Phoenix.
Couldn’t get funding
Too expensive
Academic or professional scheduling conflict
Personal scheduling conflict
Health reasons
Lack of interest in conference program
Conference has gotten too large
My colleagues and friends were not attending
I am no longer in the public opinion research field
Concerns about Arizona immigration law
Didn’t like the conference site (Phoenix)
Other (please specify):
Not sure
62. The 2012 AAPOR Conference will be held May 17-20 in Orlando, Florida. How likely are you to attend the 2012 conference?
Not at all likely
1
2
3
4
Extremely likely
5
Not sure
63. If you are not likely to attend the 2012 AAPOR Conference in Orlando, please tell us why.
Not sure
64. Please list anything that could be done in designing the conference that would increase your
likelihood of attending the 2012 AAPOR Conference in Orlando.
Not sure
Nothing, I am not planning to attend. Nothing, I am planning to attend.
65. What other social activities and/or networking events would you like to see added to
future AAPOR conferences?
Not sure
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66. What particular session and paper topics would you like to see included in future AAPOR conferences?
Not sure
67. AAPOR traditionally holds a plenary session on the first day of the conference. Please suggest
topics for next year’s plenary session that would increase your likelihood of attending the 2012 Conference in Orlando.
Not sure
68. How many AAPOR conferences have you attended before this year’s conference in Phoenix?
None 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11 or more
Not sure
69. Thank you for completing this survey. If you have any additional thoughts about AAPOR or
the AAPOR conferences, please share them here:
Thank you again for your time and valuable feedback. Please use the postage-paid envelope to return
your completed questionnaire to the Temple University Institute for Survey Research.
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The responses to this survey are critical for improving AAPOR member services as
well as for strategic planning. Your responses are confidential and will not be associated with your identity. Only the survey responses will be available to AAPOR. Results will be reported in aggregated form, except for open ended
responses which will be sanitized (to remove identifying text) prior to release.
Your participation is voluntary. You may skip any question and quit the survey at any time. We estimate that it takes about 5 minutes to complete the survey.
If you have any questions or comments about the survey, please contact Heather Hammer at isr@temple.edu or call 1-877-485-7234 toll free.
IInnssttrruuccttiioonnss
Please check the circle that indicates your response.
Are you ready to begin the survey?
Yes No Not sure
Page 1
1a. How important was AAPOR to you?
Extremely unimportant
Very unimportant
Somewhat unimportant
Somewhat important
Very important
Extremely important
Not sure
1b. How satisfied were you with AAPOR?
Extremely dissatisfied
Very dissatisfied
Somewhat dissatisfied
Somewhat satisfied
Very satisfied
Extremely satisfied
Not sure
1c. If you were dissatisfied with AAPOR, please tell us why.
Not sure
2. How likely are you to recommend AAPOR to a friend or colleague?
Extremely
unlikely
Very
unlikely
Somewhat
unlikely
Somewhat
likely
Very
likely
Extremely
likely
Not
sure
3a. How likely are you to rejoin AAPOR?
Extremely unlikely
Very unlikely
Somewhat unlikely
Somewhat likely
Very likely
Extremely likely
Not sure
3b. If you are unlikely to rejoin AAPOR, please tell us why.
Not sure
4. Why are you no longer a member of AAPOR?
Not sure
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5a. Have you ever been a member of a professional association other than AAPOR?
Yes No Not sure
Skip to Q7 on page 3.
5b. Please indicate all of the following associations in which you are a current or former member.
Current member
Former member
Not sure
Advertising Research Foundation
American Economic Association
American Educational Research Association
American Evaluation Association
American Marketing Association
American Political Science Association
American Psychological Association
American Public Health Association
American Sociological Association
American Statistical Association
Association for Consumer Research
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass
Communication
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
ESOMAR
International Communication Association
International Statistical Institute
Marketing Research Association
Midwest Sociological Society
Newspaper Association of America
Population Association of America
Qualitative Research Consultants Association
World Association for Public Opinion Research
Other professional associations
Please specify:
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6a. How would you rate AAPOR’s overall value to you compared to the other organizations in which
you have been a member?
Worse than any other
association I know of
Among the worst
professional associations
Worse than most
professional associations
About average for
a professional association
Better than most
professional associations
Among the best
professional associations
Better than any
other association I know of
Not Sure
6b. If you rated AAPOR’s overall value as worse than average or lower, compared to other professional associations, please tell us why.
Not Sure
7. What else can AAPOR do for its members?
Not sure
8. What else can AAPOR do for the fields of public opinion and survey research?
Not sure
9. What else could AAPOR do to make you rejoin?
Not sure
10. The 2012 AAPOR Conference will be held May 17-20 in Orlando, Florida. How likely are you to attend the 2012 conference?
Not at all
likely 1
2
3
4
Extremely
likely 5
Not sure
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Yes No
Not sure
14. Are AAPOR’s membership dues reasonable given the
benefits offered?
15. Have you ever served on an AAPOR committee?
16. Have you ever helped in some role during the AAPOR annual conference?
17. Have you ever volunteered for AAPOR in another capacity?
If yes, please specify:
11. If you are not likely to attend the 2012 AAPOR Conference in Orlando, please tell us why.
Not sure
12. Please list anything that could be done in designing the conference that would increase your
likelihood of attending the 2012 AAPOR Conference in Orlando.
Not sure
Nothing, I am not planning to attend. Nothing, I am planning to attend.
13. AAPOR traditionally holds a plenary session on the first day of the conference. Please
suggest topics for next year’s plenary session in Orlando that would be of broad interest to conference attendees.
Not sure
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18. Thank you for completing this survey. If you have any additional thoughts about AAPOR or
the AAPOR conferences, please share them here:
Thank you again for your time and valuable feedback. Please use the postage-paid envelope to return your completed questionnaire to the Temple University Institute for Survey Research.
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The responses to this survey are critical for improving AAPOR member services
as well as for strategic planning. Your responses are confidential and will not be associated with your identity. Only the survey responses will be available to AAPOR. Results will be reported in aggregated form, except for open ended
responses which will be sanitized (to remove identifying text) prior to release.
Your participation is voluntary. You may skip any question and quit the survey at any time. We estimate that it takes about 10 minutes to complete the survey.
If you have any questions or comments about the survey, please contact Heather Hammer at isr@temple.edu or call 1-877-485-7234 toll free.
IInnssttrruuccttiioonnss
Please check the circle that indicates your response.
Are you ready to begin the survey?
Yes No Not sure
3. If you were dissatisfied with the 2011 AAPOR Conference, please tell us why.
Not sure
4. What are the main reasons you decided to attend the 2011 AAPOR Conference this year?
Not sure
5. What hotel did you stay at for the 2011 AAPOR Conference?
Arizona Grand Resort only Skip to Q7 on page 2.
Arizona Grand Resort and another hotel
Other hotel only (please specify):
Did not stay at a hotel
6. What is the main reason you did not stay at the conference hotel (Arizona Grand Resort) some or all of the time?
No rooms available
Other hotels cheaper
Traveling with people who did not want to stay at conference hotel
Personally prefer not to stay at conference hotel/wanted to stay at different location
Stayed at private home (personal home, friend, relative)
Other (please specify):
Not sure
1. Did you attend the 2011 AAPOR Conference in Phoenix?
Yes No
Skip to Q27 on page 7.
2. Overall, how would you rate your level of satisfaction with the 2011 AAPOR Conference?
Extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
Extremely satisfied
5
Not sure
30. Did you attend the 2011 AAPOR Conference in Phoenix?
Yes No
Skip to Q61 on page 16.
31.
Overall, how would you rate your level of satisfaction with the 2011 AAPOR Conference?
Extremely dissatisfied
1
2
3
4
Extremely satisfied
5
Not sure
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7. Please indicate all of the events you attended at the 2011 AAPOR Conference.
Thursday Events:
Golf Outing (morning)
New Member/All Chapter Reception (evening)
Plenary Session on Immigration Reform (night)
Dessert Reception (after the Plenary Session)
Friday Events:
Speed Networking Session (afternoon)
Star Gazing Event (night)
Saturday Events:
Fun Run/Walk (morning)
Speed Networking Session (afternoon)
President’s Reception (before the evening Awards Banquet)
Awards Banquet (evening)
Post-Banquet Party (night)
Applied Probability (night)
Star Gazing Event (night)
Yes No
Not sure
8. Did you present a paper at the 2011 AAPOR conference in a
regular panel session (this does not include a poster session)?
9. Did you present a poster at the 2011 AAPOR conference?
10. Did you enroll in at least one Short Course?
11. Did you visit any of the poster sessions?
12. Did you visit the Exhibit Hall? Check only one.
Yes – only during refreshment breaks
Yes – only outside of refreshment breaks
Yes – both during refreshment breaks and at least once outside of refreshment breaks
No Skip to Q18a on page 4.
Not sure Skip to Q18a on page 4.
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13. Not including the Book Exhibit/Sale, about how many individual exhibit booths did you actually visit, that is, spend time browsing through information or speaking to the exhibitors?
None Skip to Q16 at the bottom of this page.
1-2
3-5
6-15
16 or more
Not sure
14. Please indicate all of the reasons why you visited the exhibit booths.
Connect with an existing product or service provider
Get information about a product or service you might consider purchasing
Get information about a product or service simply to keep up to date with what is available
Get information about your competitors
Get information about a company for potential employment
Show support for AAPOR Conference/Exhibitors
Pass some time, happened to be in the area, or pick up giveaways
15. How likely is it that you will follow up with any of the exhibitors – request information, purchase a product or service, apply for a position, etc.?
Extremely unlikely
1
2
3
4
Extremely likely
5
Not sure
16. Did you spend any time browsing through the books at the Book Exhibit?
Yes No
Skip to Q18a on page 4.
17. How likely is it you will use the publishers’ order forms that were available at the Book Exhibit to purchase books at the AAPOR discount rate?
Extremely unlikely
1
2
3
4
Extremely likely
5
Not sure
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18a. Please rate your overall level of satisfaction with the following elements of the 2011 conference.
Extremely Dissatisfied
Extremely Satisfied
Not applicable/
did not participate in
Not sure
1 2 3 4 5
a. Your paper session/s
b. Your poster session/s
c. The overall quality of the Short Courses
you attended
d. The overall quality of the paper sessions
you attended
e. The overall quality of the poster sessions you attended
f. The online conference registration
process
g. The Exhibit Hall area
h. The Cyber Cafe
i. The Book Exhibit/Sale
18b. Next, please rate your overall level of satisfaction with the 2011 conference events held on Thursday and Friday.
Extremely
Dissatisfied
Extremely
Satisfied Not
applicable/did not
participate in
Not sure
1 2 3 4 5 Thursday
a. Golf Outing (morning)
b. New Member/All Chapter Reception (evening)
c. Plenary Session on Immigration Reform (night)
d. Dessert Reception (after the Plenary Session)
Friday
e. Speed Networking Session (afternoon)
f. Star Gazing Event (night)
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18c. Now, please rate your overall level of satisfaction with the 2011 conference events held on
Saturday.
Extremely Dissatisfied
Extremely Satisfied
Not applicable/ did not
participate in
Not sure
Saturday 1 2 3 4 5
a. Fun Run/Walk (morning)
b. Speed Networking Session (afternoon)
c. President’s Reception (evening before the Awards Banquet)
d. Awards Banquet (evening)
e. Post-Banquet Party (night)
f. Applied Probability (night)
g. Star Gazing Event (night)
19. What other social activities and/or networking events would you like to see added to future AAPOR conferences?
Not sure
20. What particular session and paper topics would you like to see included in the conference program
next year?
Not sure
21. What suggestions do you have for Short Course topics or Short Course presenters for next year?
Not sure
22. How many AAPOR conferences have you attended before this year’s conference in Phoenix?
None 1 2 3 4 5 6-10 11 or more
Not sure
Answer Q23 on page 6. Skip to Q24 on page 6.
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23. How did you first become aware of the AAPOR conference? Please select only one.
E-mail from AAPOR
Postal mail from AAPOR
AAPOR website
AAPORnet
AAPOR newsletter
A colleague
A professor
Another organization
Other (please specify:)
Not sure
24. Compared to this year’s conference, would you prefer:
A lot more sessions held simultaneously at each 1.5 hour time period
Slightly more sessions held simultaneously at each 1.5 hour time period
Same amount of sessions held simultaneously at each 1.5 hour time period
Slightly fewer sessions held simultaneously at each 1.5 hour time period
A lot fewer sessions held simultaneously at each 1.5 hour time period
No preference
25. Compared to this year’s conference, would you prefer:
A lot more papers per session
Slightly more papers per session
Same amount of papers per session
Slightly fewer papers per session
A lot fewer papers per session
No preference
26. What is the ideal number of papers that should be presented in a typical 1.5 hour session?
1 2 3 4 5 6 or more
Not sure
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31. Would you consider joining AAPOR in the future?
Yes No Not sure
32. Please tell us why you would or would not consider joining AAPOR in the future.
Not sure
33. What else could AAPOR do to make you want to join?
Not sure
27. The 2012 AAPOR Conference will be held May 17-20 in Orlando, Florida. How likely are you to
attend the 2012 conference?
Not at all likely
1
2
3
4
Extremely likely
5
Not sure
28. If you are not likely to attend the 2012 AAPOR Conference in Orlando, please tell us why.
Not sure
29. Please list anything that could be done in designing the conference that would increase your likelihood of attending the 2012 AAPOR Conference in Orlando.
Not sure
Nothing, I am not planning to attend. Nothing, I am planning to attend.
30. AAPOR traditionally holds a plenary session on the first day of the conference. Please
suggest topics for next year’s plenary session in Orlando that would be of broad interest to conference attendees.
Not sure
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34a. Have you ever been a member of a professional association other than AAPOR?
Yes No Not sure
Skip to Q35 on page 9.
34b. Please indicate all of the following associations in which you are a current or former member.
Current member
Former member
Not sure
Advertising Research Foundation
American Economic Association
American Educational Research Association
American Evaluation Association
American Marketing Association
American Political Science Association
American Psychological Association
American Public Health Association
American Sociological Association
American Statistical Association
Association for Consumer Research
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
ESOMAR
International Communication Association
International Statistical Institute
Marketing Research Association
Midwest Sociological Society
Newspaper Association of America
Population Association of America
Qualitative Research Consultants Association
World Association for Public Opinion Research
Other professional associations
Please specify:
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35. Thank you for completing this survey. If you have any additional thoughts about AAPOR or
the AAPOR conferences, please share them here:
Thank you again for your time and valuable feedback. Please use the postage-paid envelope to return your completed questionnaire to the Temple University Institute for Survey Research.
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