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Page 1: Appendix C. Final Survey Instruments - New to AAPOR · Appendix C. Final Survey Instruments. 22001111 MMeemmbbeerrsshhiipp SSuurrvveeyy The responses to this survey are critical for

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 [email protected] 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

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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

Facebook

LinkedIn

Twitter

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 [email protected] 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

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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 [email protected] or call 1-877-485-7234 toll free.

IInnssttrruuccttiioonnss

Please check the circle that indicates your response.

Are you ready to begin the survey?

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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

Facebook

LinkedIn

Twitter

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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