What's New at the Center for the Month of November

Newsworthy

The Roper Center is pleased to announce the acquisition and release of The National Science Foundation Surveys of Public Understanding of Science and Technology, 1979-2006. NSF surveys of public attitudes and knowledge have consistently shown that the public has a positive view of science but has little scientific understanding. The greatest deficit remains the public's understanding of the scientific method.

Topics at a Glance!--Afghanistan

How do you feel about the the war in Afghanistan today? Do you approve or disapprove of the way the president is handling the situation in Afghanistan? How well is it going for the US in Afghanistan? Do you believe the war with Afghanistan was a mistake? Click here for responses to these questions and more public opinion data on this month's Topic at a Glance--Afghanistan

Based on a new topic each month, TAG offers a generous free sampling of related polling data and details of survey datasets held by the Roper Center, along with articles previously published in Public Perspective magazine.

Experience the depth of information housed in the Roper Center archives - The complete list of "Topics at a Glance!"

Newly Spotlighted Datasets

Updated as of November 2, 2009

Special studies of interest recently added to iPOLL. The database now contains half a million questions!

Title:	Public Views of the H1N1 Vaccine Survey [September, 2009]
Source:	Survey by Harvard School of Public Health.
Methodology:	Conducted by Social Science Research Solutions/ICR-International Communications Research, September 14-September 20, 2009 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,042.
Search for:	Searched iPOLL for Organization: 'Harvard School of Public Health'; Date: '09/14/2009 to 09/14/2009'

Title:	Kaiser Health Tracking Poll [September, 2009]
Source:	Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Methodology:	Conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, September 11-September 18, 2009 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,203. 801 respondents were interviewed on a landline telephone and 402 were interviewed on a cell phone, including 147 who had not landline telephone.
Search for:	Searched iPOLL for Organization: 'Kaiser'; Date: '09/11/2009 to 09/11/2009'

Title:	Kaiser/Harvard/NPR The Role of Health Care Interest Groups Survey [August, 2009]
Source:	Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard School of Public Health, National Public Radio.
Methodology:	Conducted by Social Science Research Solutions/ICR-International Communications Research, August 27-September 13, 2009 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,278. Interviews were conducted by 858 landline telephones and 420 cell phones, including 154 who had no landline telephone.
Search for:	Searched iPOLL for Organization: 'Kaiser'; Date: '08/27/2009 to 08/27/2009'

Title:	AARP Volunteering, Service, and Remembering September 11th Survey [July, 2009]
Source:	Survey by AARP.
Methodology:	Conducted by ICR-International Communications Research, July 22-July 26, 2009 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,003.
Search for:	Searched iPOLL for Organization: 'AARP'; Date: '07/22/2009 to 07/22/2009'

Title:	AARP Retirement Security and the Automatic IRA Survey [June, 2009]
Source:	Survey by AARP.
Methodology:	Conducted by Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies, June 19-June 28, 2009 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult age 25 and over sample of 1,001.
Search for:	Searched iPOLL for Organization: 'AARP'; Date: '06/19/2009 to 06/19/2009'

Additional resources - Web sites with special survey samples

Public Agenda Foundation Teaching for a Living Survey of Teachers
http://www.publicagenda.org/pages/teaching-for-a-living

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